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ERIC Number: EJ1284042
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Feb
Pages: 33
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
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What Teachers Want: School Factors Predicting Teachers' Decisions to Work in Low-Performing Schools
Viano, Samantha; Pham, Lam D.; Henry, Gary T.; Kho, Adam; Zimmer, Ron
American Educational Research Journal, v58 n1 p201-233 Feb 2021
Attracting and retaining teachers can be an important ingredient in improving low-performing schools. In this study, we estimate the expressed preferences for teachers who have worked in low-performing schools in Tennessee. Using adaptive conjoint analysis survey design, we examine three types of school attributes that may influence teachers' employment decisions: fixed school characteristics, structural features of employment, and malleable school processes. We find that teachers express a strong preference for two malleable school processes, administrative support and discipline enforcement, along with a higher salary, a structural feature. Estimates indicate these attributes are 2 to 3 times more important to teachers than fixed school characteristics like prior achievement. We validate our results using administrative data on teachers' revealed preferences.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: Tennessee
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