SALARY AND RANKING AND TEACHER TURNOVER: A STATEWIDE STUDY

This study examined three years of data obtained from the Academic Excellence Indicator System of the State of Texasregarding teacher turnover rate and teacher salary. Across all public school districts, teacher salary was consistently negativelyrelated to teacher turnover; that is, where salary was...

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Main Authors: CYNTHIA MARTINEZ GARCIA, JOHN R SLATE, CARMEN TEJEDA DELGADO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Simon Fraser University 2009-07-01
Series:International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
Online Access:http://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/view/114/76
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spelling doaj-767db697ee384caab629683648555a072021-09-02T01:13:05ZengSimon Fraser UniversityInternational Journal of Education Policy and Leadership1555-50622009-07-0147SALARY AND RANKING AND TEACHER TURNOVER: A STATEWIDE STUDYCYNTHIA MARTINEZ GARCIAJOHN R SLATECARMEN TEJEDA DELGADOThis study examined three years of data obtained from the Academic Excellence Indicator System of the State of Texasregarding teacher turnover rate and teacher salary. Across all public school districts, teacher salary was consistently negativelyrelated to teacher turnover; that is, where salary was lower, turnover rate was higher When data were regroupedby highest- and poorest-paying school districts, teacher turnover rate was found to be twice as high in the poorest-payingschool districts. Implications of these findings and suggestions for further research are discussed.http://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/view/114/76
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JOHN R SLATE
CARMEN TEJEDA DELGADO
SALARY AND RANKING AND TEACHER TURNOVER: A STATEWIDE STUDY
International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
author_facet CYNTHIA MARTINEZ GARCIA
JOHN R SLATE
CARMEN TEJEDA DELGADO
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title SALARY AND RANKING AND TEACHER TURNOVER: A STATEWIDE STUDY
title_short SALARY AND RANKING AND TEACHER TURNOVER: A STATEWIDE STUDY
title_full SALARY AND RANKING AND TEACHER TURNOVER: A STATEWIDE STUDY
title_fullStr SALARY AND RANKING AND TEACHER TURNOVER: A STATEWIDE STUDY
title_full_unstemmed SALARY AND RANKING AND TEACHER TURNOVER: A STATEWIDE STUDY
title_sort salary and ranking and teacher turnover: a statewide study
publisher Simon Fraser University
series International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
issn 1555-5062
publishDate 2009-07-01
description This study examined three years of data obtained from the Academic Excellence Indicator System of the State of Texasregarding teacher turnover rate and teacher salary. Across all public school districts, teacher salary was consistently negativelyrelated to teacher turnover; that is, where salary was lower, turnover rate was higher When data were regroupedby highest- and poorest-paying school districts, teacher turnover rate was found to be twice as high in the poorest-payingschool districts. Implications of these findings and suggestions for further research are discussed.
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