Student achievement and teacher turnover what is the link ?
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research in public policy centre for market and public organisation Student achievement and teacher turnover what is the link?
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School Organizational Contexts , Teacher Turnover , and Student Achievement :
We study the relationship between school organizational contexts, teacher turnover, and student achievement in New York City (NYC) middle schools. Using factor analysis, we construct measures of four distinct dimensions of school contexts captured on the annual NYC School Survey. We identify credible estimates by isolating variation in organizational contexts within schools over time. We find t...
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