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Taylor, Joseph A.; West, Brady – Educational Researcher, 2020
The goal of this article is to provide guidance on teacher attrition rates that can inform power analyses. The subjects were a nationally representative sample of teachers responding to the National Center for Education Statistics Schools and Staffing Survey and Teacher Follow-Up Survey (2011-2013). The findings indicate that at the national…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, National Surveys, Elementary Secondary Education, Probability
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Stock, Wendy A.; Carriere, Danielle – Education Economics, 2021
We exploit differences in state special education funding systems based on special education enrollment ('bounty systems') or on total student enrollment ('census systems') to assess whether funding systems impact teacher turnover, teacher specialty, special education enrollment, state education spending, average class sizes, and teacher effort.…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Enrollment
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Williams, Thomas O.; Billingsley, Bonnie; Banks, Amanda – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2018
This study examined data from full- and part-time public school teachers who completed the Schools and Staffing Survey: Teacher Questionnaire (SASS TQ) and reported the number of threats and physical attacks occurring within 12 months. "T" tests were used to identify statistically significant differences between special education…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Violence, Aggression, Public School Teachers
Stapleton, Laura M.; Kang, Yoonjeong – Sociological Methods & Research, 2018
This research empirically evaluates data sets from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for design effects of ignoring the sampling design in weighted two-level analyses. Currently, researchers may ignore the sampling design beyond the levels that they model which might result in incorrect inferences regarding hypotheses due to…
Descriptors: Probability, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Sampling, Inferences
Ingersoll, Richard M.; Merrill, Lisa; May, Henry – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2014
This study addresses the question: Do the kinds and amounts of pre-service education and preparation that beginning teachers receive before they start teaching have any impact on whether they leave teaching? We examine a wide range of measures of teachers' subject-matter education and pedagogical preparation. We also compare different fields of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover
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Ni, Yongmei – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Teachers affect student performance through their interaction with students in the context of the classrooms and schools where teaching and learning take place. Although it is widely assumed that supportive working conditions improve the quality of instruction and teachers' willingness to remain in a school, little is known…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, School Location, Charter Schools, Teacher Characteristics