Open AccessSalary and Ranking and Teacher Turnover: A Statewide Study
Author(s) -
Cynthia Martinez Garcia,
John R. Slate,
Carmen Tejeda Delgado
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of education policy and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1555-5062
DOI - 10.22230/ijepl.2009v4n7a114
Subject(s) - salary , turnover , excellence , demographic economics , ranking (information retrieval) , business , psychology , medical education , political science , medicine , economics , management , computer science , machine learning , law
This study examined three years of data obtained from the Academic Excellence Indicator System of the State of Texas regarding teacher turnover rate and teacher salary. Across all public school districts, teacher salary was consistently negatively related to teacher turnover; that is, where salary was lower, turnover rate was higher When data were regrouped by highest- and poorest-paying school districts, teacher turnover rate was found to be twice as high in the poorest-paying school districts. Implications of these findings and suggestions for further research are discussed.