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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Viano, Samantha
• Pham, Lam D.
• Henry, Gary T.
• Kho, Adam
• Zimmer, Ron

Titel

What Teachers Want: School Factors Predicting Teachers’ Decisions to Work in Low-Performing Schools

Ist Teil von

• American educational research journal, 2021-02, Vol.58 (1), p.201-233

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Attracting and retaining teachers can be an important ingredient in improving low-performing schools. In this study, we estimate the expressed preferences for teachers who have worked in low-performing schools in Tennessee. Using adaptive conjoint analysis survey design, we examine three types of school attributes that may influence teachers’ employment decisions: fixed school characteristics, structural features of employment, and malleable school processes. We find that teachers express a strong preference for two malleable school processes, administrative support and discipline enforcement, along with a higher salary, a structural feature. Estimates indicate these attributes are 2 to 3 times more important to teachers than fixed school characteristics like prior achievement. We validate our results using administrative data on teachers’ revealed preferences.