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Title: Testing, Teacher Turnover, and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools
Authors: Dillon Fuchsman, Tim R. Sass, Gema Zamarro
Source: Education Finance and Policy. 2023 18(4):654-675.
Availability: MIT Press. 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. Tel: 617-253-2889; Fax: 617-253-1709; e-mail: journals-rights@mit.edu; Web site: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/edfp
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2023
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Distribution, Educational Finance, Costs, Educational Policy
Geographic Terms: Georgia
DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00376
ISSN: 1557-3060
1557-3079
Abstract: 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.
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