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The Factors of Teacher Attrition and Retention: An Updated and Expanded Meta-Analysis of the Literature

Building on a previous meta-analysis of the literature on teacher attrition and retention by leveraging studies with longitudinal data and a modern systematic search process, this updated comprehensive meta-analysis synthesizes findings from 120 studies on the factors of teacher attrition and retention. We find the research on teacher attrition has grown substantially over the last thirteen years, both on the factors that are examined as well as the increased specificity and nuanced operationalization of existing factors. Consequently, we expand the conceptual framework to include four new categories of these factors and organize existing and new categories into three broad groups of factors, namely personal, school, and external correlates. We discuss our findings of how these factors are associated with teacher attrition and contrast them with previous findings. We also discuss the policy implications of our findings.

Keywords
teacher attrition; teacher retention; meta-analysis
Education level
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/cdf3-4555

EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:

Nguyen, Tuan D., Lam Pham, Matthew Springer, and Michael Crouch. (). The Factors of Teacher Attrition and Retention: An Updated and Expanded Meta-Analysis of the Literature. (EdWorkingPaper: 19-149). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/cdf3-4555

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