A Review of the Research Literature on Teacher Recruitment and Retention

[摘要] In the face of a growing school-age population, U.S. schools and school districts are struggling to maintain teaching standards while recruiting bright new teachers and retaining their most-effective ones. This literature review represents a comprehensive and critical examination of research published since 1980 on the topic of teacher recruitment and retention in the United States. It is designed to provide a broad understanding of the patterns governing the entry and exit of individuals into and from teaching and the evidence regarding the types of policies that affect teacher recruitment and retention. The authors grouped the research studies into several categories — those that examined the characteristics of individuals who enter teaching and who remain in teaching, those that investigated the external characteristics of districts and schools, those that examined compensation policies, and those that examined pre-service and in-service policies.

[发布机构] RAND Corporation;RAND Corporation

[学科分类] 自然科学（综合）

[关键词] Children and Families;Economists;Education and the Arts;Educational Administration