Based on these data — which treat compensation, teacher turnover, working conditions, and qualifications — each state is assigned a «teaching attractiveness rating,» indicating how supportive it appears to be of teacher recruitment and retention and a «
teacher equity rating,» indicating the extent to which students, in particular students of color, are assigned uncertified or inexperienced teachers.
Not exact matches
What to know: The Mississippi Department of Education's (MDE) plan stands out for aligning its
teacher recruitment and retention efforts with its ambitious goals for increasing student academic achievement by 2025 and clearly stating its role in supporting districts to address
equity concerns.10 The MDE recognizes that in order to reach its stated goals — which include a proposed graduation
rate of 90 percent for all students by 2025 — they must also support districts in recruiting and retaining
teachers of color who are prepared to improve student outcomes.
Though low salaries are among the things
teachers who quickly leave the profession cite as an issue — as well as inadequate administrative support, isolated working conditions and poor student discipline — On the Path to
Equity recommends a comprehensive induction program to help support new
teachers and possibly curb turnover
rates.
Due to the requirement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act that each state's Title I plan must describe «the specific steps that the state education agency will take to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher
rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out - of - field
teachers and the measures that the state education agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress,» TEA formed a stakeholder group, upon which TCTA served, to develop its State Educator
Equity Plan.
This high turnover
rate disproportionately affects high - poverty schools and seriously compromises the nation's capacity to ensure that all students have access to skilled teaching, says On the Path to
Equity: Improving the Effectiveness of Beginning
Teachers.
In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), [1] which requires states and districts to determine whether low - income students and students of color in Title I schools are served at disproportionate
rates by ineffective, out - of - field, or inexperienced
teachers, and take steps to address any identified disproportionalities (i.e., gaps in
equity).