Low Science and Math Teacher Retention: Causes, Consequences, and How Some Urban Middle and High Schools Are Making Progress

这个项目是一个为期三年的探索性研究，在城市学区有低和高保留率的学校。本研究将通过比较高留存率和低留存率的初中和高中的政策和实践，并通过检查与教师流动相关的显性和隐性成本，来解决科学和数学教师留存率低的问题。该项目的具体目标是：(1)确定与高留任率相关的学校和地区政策和做法，(2)确定对初中和高中科学和数学教师成功留任政策是否存在差异效应，以及(3)建立教师离职成本的综合模型。项目的预期成果包括：1.项目成果；2.参与研究的六所高中和六所低留校率初中和高中的概况；一项跨学校分析，描述了与高保留率和低保留率学校相关的政策和实践，以及它们如何对数学和科学教师产生不同的影响。3 .离职成本分析，包括与教师离职相关的显性和隐性成本类别的说明，以及推导公式在该地区的应用；计划在全国四到六个城市地区重复这项探索性研究，以检验其发现。

This project is a three-year exploratory study on schools that have low- and high- retention rates in an urban school district. This research will address low teacher retention for science and math teachers by comparing the policies and practices of high- and low-retention middle and high schools, and by examining the explicit and hidden costs associated with teacher turnover. The specific goals of this project are to (1) identify school and district policies and practices associated with high retention rates, (2) determine whether there are differential effects of successful retention policies for middle and high school science and math teachers, and (3) develop a comprehensive model of the cost of teacher turnover. The anticipated outcomes of the project include: 1. Profiles of the six high- and six low-retention middle and high schools included in the study, 2. A cross-school analysis that describes the policies and practices associated with high- and low- retention schools and how they differentially affect math and science teachers, 3. A cost-of-turnover analysis that includes the specification of the explicit and hidden cost categories associated with teacher turnover and the application of the derived formula to the district, and 4. A plan to replicate this exploratory study in four to six urban districts across the country in order to test its findings.