Susanna Loeb

TL;DR: The authors used rich new data on New York State teachers to determine how much variation in the average attributes of teachers exists across schools, identify schools that have the least-qualified teachers, assess whether the distribution has changed over time, and determine how the distribution of teachers is impacted by attrition and transfer, as well as by the job matches between teachers and schools at the start of careers.

TL;DR: The authors used a unique identification strategy that employs school-by-grade level turnover and two classes of fixed-effects models to estimate the effects of teacher turnover on over 850,000 New York City fourth and fifth-grade student observations over 8 years.

TL;DR: This paper explored the relationship between school contextual factors and teacher retention decisions in New York City and found that teachers' perceptions of the school administration had by far the greatest influence on teacher retention decision.

TL;DR: This article examined the effects of student demographic factors from occupational factors such as salaries and working conditions that may also influence turnover and are amenable to policy interventions, using California teacher survey data linked to district data on salaries and staffing patterns.

TL;DR: The authors developed a zero-to-five index of the strength of accountability in 50 states based on the use of high-stakes testing to sanction and reward schools, and analyzed whether that index is related to student gains on the NAEP mathematics test in 1996-2000.