The role of teacher quality in retention and hiring: Using applications to transfer to uncover preferences of teachers and schools

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-110

  Boyd, Don ^a   Lankford, Hamp ^a   Loeb, Susanna ^b   Ronfeldt, Matthew ^b   Wyckoff, Jim ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650142732     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20545     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Boyd, D., Grossman, P., Lankford, H., Loeb, S., & Wyckoff, J. (2006). How changes in entry requirements alter the teacher workforce and affect student achievement. Education Finance and Policy, 1, 176-216.
2. Boyd, D., Grossman, P., Lankford, H., Loeb, S., & Wyckoff, J. (2007). Who leaves? Teacher attrition and student achievement. Retrieved February 2, 2009, from
3. Boyd, D., Lankford, H., Loeb, S., & Wyckoff, J. (2005). Explaining the short careers of high-achieving teachers in schools with low-performing students. American Economic Review Proceedings, 95, 166-216. (An expanded version of this paper is available at .)
4. Boyd, D., Lankford, H., Loeb, S., & Wyckoff, J. (2009). Analyzing determinants of the matching of public school teachers to jobs: Estimating compensating differentials in imperfect labor markets. Retrieved February 18, 2009, from
5. CTB/McGraw-Hill. (2006). New York State testing program 2006: Mathematics, grades 3-8. Monterey, CA: Author.
6. Daly, T., Keeling, D., Grainger, R., & Grundies, A. (2008). Mutual benefits: New York City's shift to mutual consent in teacher hiring. Retrieved February 3, 2009, from
7. Dee, T. (2004). Teachers, race and student achievement in a randomized experiment. Review of Economics and Statistics, 86, 195-216.
8. Feng, L. (2009). Opportunity wages, classroom characteristics, and teacher mobility. Southern Economic Journal, 75, 1165-216.
9. Fisk, C. P., Prowda, P., & Beaudin, B. (2001, April). Are we keeping the best and brightest? A study of beginning teacher attrition in Connecticut. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
10. Fowler, R. C. (2003). The Massachusetts signing bonus program for new teachers: A model of teacher preparation worth copying? Retrieved March 31, 2009, from
11. Goldhaber, D., Gross, P., & Player, D. (2007). Are public schools really losing their "best"? Assessing the career transitions of teachers and their implications for the quality of the teacher workforce. Retrieved February 3, 2009, from
12. Grossman, P., Loeb, S., Cohen, J., Hammerness, K., Boyd, D., Wyckoff, J., & Lankford, H. (2010). Measure for measure: The relationship between measures of instructional practice in middle school English language arts and teachers' value-added scores. Retrieved March 25, 2009, from
13. Hanushek, E., Kain, J., & Rivkin, S. (2004). Why public schools lose teachers. Journal of Human Resources, 39, 326-216.
14. Hanushek, R., Kain, J., O'Brien, D., & Rivkin, S. (2005). The market for teacher quality. Retrieved March 2, 2009, from
15. Ingersoll, R. M. (2001). Teacher turnover and teacher shortages: An organizational analysis. American Educations Research Journal, 38, 499-216.
16. Ingersoll, R., & Smith, T. (2003). What are the effects of mentoring and induction on beginning teacher turnover? American Education Research Journal, 41, 681-216.
17. Kirby, S. N., Berends, M., & Naftel, S. (1999). Supply and demand of minority teachers in Texas: Problems and prospects. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 21, 47-216.
18. Marvel, J., Lyter, D. M., Peltola, P., Strizek, G. A., & Morton, B. A. (2007). Teacher attrition and mobility: Results from the 2004-2005 Teacher Follow-up Survey. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
19. Murnane, R., Singer, J. D., Willett, J. B., Kemple, J. J., & Olsen, R. J. (1991). Who will teach? Policies that matter. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
20. New York State Teacher Certification Examinations. (2009). Tests for teacher certification. Retrieved March 4, 2009, from