The relationship of teacher turnover and student achievement in elementary school mathematics

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of teacher turnover on student achievement in grades three through five in mathematics and campus ratings from accountability systems. For this study, teacher turnover rates, student achievement scores, and economically disadvantaged (ED) percentages of 2,838 elementary campuses in Texas were used. Publicly available retrospective data from the Texas Education Agency was used and made available through online sources and public information requests. The results of the study indicate a negative correlation between teacher turnover and student achievement and a negative correlation between teacher turnover and overall campus ratings from accountability systems. The ED status of a campus was not a significant predictor of teacher turnover.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education, Leadership, and Organization

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Turrubiarte, Aaron Landon

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Trujillo-Jenks, Laura

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Keeley, Randa
• Fredrickson, Rebecca
• Ausburn, Jerry

• Elementary
• Mathematics
• Teacher attrition
• Teacher turnover
• Student achievement
• Student performance

Language dc:language.iso

English

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/11274/16187

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/16187