Dynamic Effects of Teacher Turnover on the Quality of Instruction

Eric Hanushek, Steven Rivkin () and Jeffrey Schiman

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Abstract: It is widely believed that teacher turnover adversely affects the quality of instruction in urban schools serving predominantly disadvantaged children, and a growing body of research investigates various components of turnover effects. This raises concerns that confounding factors bias estimates of transition differences in teacher effectiveness, the adverse effects of turnover or both. After taking more extensive steps to account for non-random sorting of students into classrooms and endogenous teacher exits and grade-switching, this paper replicates existing findings of adverse selection out of schools and negative effects of turnover in lower-achievement schools. However, it finds that these turnover effects can be fully accounted for by the resulting loss in experience and productivity loss following the reallocation of some incumbent teachers to different grades. [Working Paper 22472]

Keywords: teacher turnover; quality of instruction; non-random sorting; grade-switching; adverse selection; lower-achievement schools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-08
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