| Title: |
Within-Year Teacher Turnover in Head Start and Children's School Readiness |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Anna J. Markowitz |
| Source: |
AERA Open. 2024 10(1). |
| Availability: |
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
25 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) |
| Contract Number: |
1749275 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: |
Faculty Mobility; School Readiness; Federal Programs; Social Services; Low Income Students; Early Childhood Teachers; Early Childhood Education; Experience; Children; Early Intervention; Preschool Education; Family (Sociological Unit); Surveys; Child Development; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Achievement Tests |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: |
Head Start |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: |
Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement |
| ISSN: |
2332-8584 |
| Abstract: |
Teachers in early childhood education (ECE) settings are central to providing children with high-quality experiences that promote both early development and long-term well-being; unfortunately, rates of teacher turnover are high in ECE settings. There are strong theoretical reasons to assume turnover is negatively linked with children's academic and socioemotional development, but few empirical studies test this hypothesis. Using an econometric fixed effects approach in two waves of data from the nationally representative Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, this study provides the first national estimate of the relationship between within-year lead teacher turnover and children's development in Head Start. I find an annual within-year turnover rate of [approximately]9%, about twice that of K-12, and that turnover is negatively associated with children's language outcomes alongside suggestive evidence for behavioral outcomes. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Notes: |
https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/198924/version/V1/view |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1455359 |
| Database: |
ERIC |