| Title: | Stated Briefly: An examination of the movement of educators within Iowa |
| Description: | The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest conducted a study on the mobility of public school teachers and principals (including assistant principals) within Iowa and presents average one-year and five-year mobility rates between 2006/07 and 2010/11. The study used the staffing data for the 2006/07 through 2011/12 school years and data on school-level performance and demographics for the same school years. REL Midwest analyzed these data to identify mobility rates and mobility patterns over time. The study also examined whether different educator characteristics and the characteristics of the exited schools (that is, the schools educators moved from) were related to the odds that Iowa educators continuing their employment would change schools rather than stay employed in the same school. The study found that an average of 6.7 percent of teachers changed schools between consecutive years, and 18.9 percent changed schools within a five-year span. Teachers’ years of experience, teacher gender, licensure area, percentage of students in the schools who are economically disadvantaged, schools’ academic performance, and region in the state all predict the five-year mobility rates for teachers. One- and five-year mobility rates for principals averaged 9.2 and 27.5 percent, respectively. Principal one- and five-year mobility rates were related to principals’ years of experience, school size, and region within the state. |
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| Cover Date: | November 2016 |
| Web Release: | November 15, 2016 |
| Print Release: | November 15, 2016 |
| Publication #: | REL 2017194 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | REL |
| Associated Centers: | NCEE |
| Authors: | Michael Podgursky and Mark Ehlert: University of Missouri—Columbia; Jim Lindsay and Yinmei Wan: American Institutes for Research |
| Type of Product: | Stated Briefly |
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For questions about the content of this Stated Briefly, please contact: Amy Johnson. |