Data on New Teacher Mobility and Attrition

The purpose of this report is to introduce new NCES data through the presentation of tables containing descriptive information. 

Some key findings include: 

(1) Of the teachers who began teaching in public schools in 2007 or 2008, about 10 percent were not teaching in 2008-09, and 12 percent were not teaching in 2009-10.

(2) Among beginning public school teachers who were assigned a mentor in 2007-08, about 8 percent were not teaching in 2008-09 and 10 percent were not teaching in 2009-10. In contrast, among the beginning public school teachers who were not assigned a mentor in 2007-08, about 16 percent were not teaching in 2008-09 and 23 percent were not teaching in 2009-10.

(3) Approximately 93 percent of beginning public school teachers who were earning less than $40,000 in 2008-09 remained teachers in 2009-10, and about 96 percent of beginning public school teachers who were earning $40,000 or more in 2008-09 remained teachers in 2009-10.

Kaiser, A. (2011). Beginning teacher attrition and mobility: Results from the first through third waves of the 2007-08 beginning teacher longitudinal study. United States: National Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/2011318.pdf