ERIC Number: EJ1407195
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1557-3060
EISSN: EISSN-1557-3079
Testing, Teacher Turnover, and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools
Dillon Fuchsman; Tim R. Sass; Gema Zamarro
Education Finance and Policy, v18 n4 p654-675 2023
Teacher turnover has adverse consequences for student achievement and imposes large financial costs for schools. Some have argued that high-stakes testing may lower teachers' satisfaction with their jobs and could be a major contributor to teacher attrition. In this paper, we exploit changes in the tested grades and subjects in Georgia to study the effects of eliminating high-stakes testing on teacher turnover and the distribution of teachers across grades and schools. To measure the effect of testing pressures on teacher mobility choices we use a difference-in-differences approach, comparing changes in mobility over time in grades/subjects that discontinue testing vis-à-vis grades/subjects that are always tested. Our results show that eliminating testing did not have an impact on the likelihood of leaving teaching, moving between districts, changing schools within a district, or changing grades. Our findings hold for all teachers as well as for the subsample of early career teachers.
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Distribution, Educational Finance, Costs, Educational Policy
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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