The Effects of Accountability and Teacher Preparation on Mathematics and Science Teacher Retention

项目摘要：本项目解决的主要问题是：当代一些最重要的教育改革如何影响学校，特别是那些为弱势学生服务的学校留住合格的数学和科学教师的能力？这个项目吗?本报告的总体目标是确定有前景的工具和策略，供政策制定者、学校官员、管理人员和教育工作者使用，以提高数学和科学教师的留任率，从而提高教师队伍的质量、数量和多样性。该项目解决了两个具体相关的研究问题：(1)问责制政策和实践对数学和科学教师的保留有什么影响？(2)教师准备、教育培训趋势和水平对数学和科学教师的保留有什么影响？为了解决这些问题，该项目分析了国家教育统计中心多个周期的数学和科学教师数据。（NCES）全国代表性学校和人员配备调查（SSS）及其补充教师后续调查（TFS）。

DRL-REESEPI: Richard Ingersoll PROJECT ABSTRACTThe broad question addressed by this project is: How are some of the most significant contemporary educational reforms impacting the ability of schools, especially those serving disadvantaged students, to retain qualified mathematics and science teachers? The project?s broad goal is to identify promising tools and strategies that policymakers, school officials, administrators, and educators could use to improve the retention of mathematics and science teachers to enhance the quality, quantity and diversity of the teacher workforce.The project addresses two specifically related research questions: (1) what impact have accountability policies and practices had on the retention of mathematics and science teachers? (2) What impact have teacher preparation, education and training trends, and levels had on the retention of mathematics and science teachers? To address these questions the project analyzes data on mathematics and science teachers from multiple cycles of the National Center for Education Statistics? (NCES) nationally representative Schools and Staffing Survey (SSS) and its supplement the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS).