| Table 6. Characteristics of District Stayers, Movers, and Leavers by Treatment Status (Percentages Except Where Noted) |
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| Treatment | Control | ||||||||||
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| Difference | |||||||||||
| Teacher Characteristic | Stayers | Movers | Leavers | Stayers | Movers | Leavers | Stayers | Movers | Leavers | ||
| College entrance exam scores (SAT combined score or equivalent) |
1,000 | 1,009 | 1,016 | 1,009 | 997 | 1,059 | -9 | 12 | -44 | ||
| Attended highly selective college | 29.6 | 27.6 | 42.4 | 27.9 | 44.8 | 32.7 | 1.7 | -17.2 | 9.7 | ||
| Major or minor in education | 73.5 | 61.8 | 70.3 | 74.0 | 81.8 | 51.9 | -0.5 | -20.0 | 18.4 | ||
| Student teaching experience (weeks) | 14.5 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 11.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||
| Highest degree is master’s or doctorate | 20.7 | 20.5 | 22.7 | 21.6 | 30.5 | 23.2 | -0.9 | -10.0 | -0.6 | ||
| Entered the profession through traditional four-year program |
64.1 | 61.7 | 35.7 | 60.3 | 62.3 | 37.6 | 3.8 | -0.6 | -1.8 | ||
| Certified (regular or probationary) | 92.1 | 97.1 | 95.7 | 94.2 | 94.3 | 87.0 | -2.1 | 2.8 | 8.7 | ||
| Career changer | 14.7 | 10.4 | 21.1 | 13.4 | 15.9 | 25.8 | 1.2 | -5.5 | -4.7 | ||
| Unweighted Sample Size (Students) | 394 | 40 | 23 | 361 | 38 | 26 | |||||
| Unweighted Sample Size (Schools) | 188 | 34 | 21 | 180 | 36 | 25 | |||||
| Source: MPR calculations using data from the College Board and ACT, Inc.; MPR Teacher Background Survey administered in 2005-2006, Mobility Survey administered in fall/winter 2006-2007, and First and Second Induction Activities Surveys administered in fall/winter 2005-2006 and spring 2006 to all study teachers. | |||||||||||
| Notes: Data are weighted to account for the study design. Sample sizes vary due to item nonresponse. The analysis of college entrance exam scores relied on a smaller sample of teachers (190/59/13 treatment stayers/movers/leavers and 183/44/11 control stayers/movers/leavers) and schools (111/36/7 treatment and 106/24/6 control). See Table V.6 for a definition of stayers, movers, and leavers. | |||||||||||
| None of the differences between treatment stayers and control stayers, between treatment movers and control movers, or between treatment leavers and control leavers is significant at the 0.05 level, two-tailed test. P-values are suppressed to make the table easier to read. | |||||||||||