Teacher turnover in special and general education: attrition

Teacher Turnover
Table 3. Turnover Components for Public School Teachers Nationally by Teaching Field for
Three School Years Combined (1991-92, 1994-05, 2000-01)
Teaching Field a
Turnover Components Statistic b Special
Education
General
Education
A. Attrition Column % 29.5% 28.4%
(Std Error %) (3.0%) (0.8%)
National Est/Year 19,922 153,009
B. Teaching Area Transfer
1.Stay Same School Column % 29.6% 39.8%
(Std Error %) (3.2%) (1.1%)
National Est/Year 19,979 214,239
2.Move Different School Column % 6.6% c 9.0%
(Std Error %) (1.1%) (0.7%)
National Est/Year 4,470 48,277
Subtotal Column % 36.2% 48.8%
(Std Error %) (3.2%) (1.2%)
National Est/Year 24,449 262,516
C. Move Different School,
Remain Same Teaching Area Column % 34.3% 22.8%
(Std Error %) (2.3%) (0.9%)
National Est/Year 23,209 122,495
Total Turnover National Est/Year 67,580 538,020
Column % 100.0% 100.0%
Note. Aggregated data from the 1991-92, 1994-95, and 2000-01 Teacher Follow-Up Surveys, NCES, USDE.
a
The five turnover components by teaching field (4 x 2) χ 2 was 25.28 (p < 0.001).
b
Nationally weighted estimates per (Est/Year) of the total numbers of full-time and part-time teachers combined
at both the elementary and secondary levels in the public sector.
c
Sample size (n) less than 30.
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