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Barnes, Gary; Crowe, Edward: Schaefer, Benjamin – National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2007
In this paper, we report the results of a pilot study of the cost of teacher turnover in five school districts. We examine the rate of turnover, the relationship between turnover and teacher and school characteristics, and the costs associated with recruiting, hiring, and training replacement teachers. We find evidence that turnover costs,…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Costs
Iowa Department of Education, 2006
Legislation passed during the 2001 Iowa legislative session established the Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program, Iowa Code Section 284.12(1). This legislation requires the Iowa Department of Education (DE) to annually report the statewide progress on the following: (1) Student achievement scores in mathematics and reading at the fourth…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Teacher Effectiveness, Schools of Education, Accountability