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Contents
Why this study? 2
Research questions 4
Findings 7
Implications 15
References 17
Table 1. The percentage of teachers leaving their school in the School District of Philadelphia was highest for middle school teachers and for frequently absent teachers, 2011/12-2016/17 13
Table 2. Teacher turnover was highest for teachers with the lowest evaluation ratings, 2014/15-2016/17 14
Figure 1. Average teacher effectiveness scores in the School District of Philadelphia differed between and within schools serving kindergarten through grade 5, 2016/17 8
Figure 2. Differences between schools in the School District of Philadelphia were larger for teachers' effectiveness scores than for teachers' PVAAS scores, 2014/15-2016/17 9
Figure 3. Smaller percentages of economically disadvantaged, Black, and Hispanic students than of non-economically disadvantage and White students in the School District of Philadelphia... 10
Figure 4. Teacher turnover in the School District of Philadelphia was highest in 2010/11 and 2012/13 but varied little in other years, 2010/11-2016/17 11
Figure 5. The percentage of teachers leaving their school or the School District of Philadelphia was highest during the first five years of teaching, 2010/11-2016/17 12
Figure 6. The cumulative percentage of teachers leaving their school or the School District of Philadelphia increased fastest during the first five years of teaching, 2010/11-2016/17 12
Figure 7. Teachers were more likely to stay in a school whose school climate teachers rated positively, 2014/15-2016/17 14
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 4
Box 2. Data sources, sample, and methods 5