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To evaluate whether classroom proportions and specific diagnostic categories of students with disabilities associate with teacher turnover, and whether special education certification moderates these associations.

July 22, 2019Journal of Educational Psychology

The association between teaching students with disabilities and teacher turnover.

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AGAllison F. GilmourAmerican Institutes for Research JWJoseph H. WehbyVanderbilt University

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Observational study reveals increased turnover odds among teachers instructing higher proportions of students with disabilities, highlighting targeted training needs.

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To evaluate whether classroom proportions and specific diagnostic categories of students with disabilities associate with teacher turnover, and whether special education certification moderates these associations.
Analyzed a large state administrative dataset using multilevel logistic regression models.
Controlled for teacher, classroom, and school characteristics to estimate turnover odds.
Examined interaction effects between special education certification and the percentage or category of students with disabilities taught.
Higher percentages of students with disabilities in a classroom were associated with increased odds of teacher turnover among general education teachers.
Special education certification significantly moderated this effect, showing no association between the percentage of students with disabilities and turnover odds for certified special educators.
Teaching students with emotional and behavioral disorders was associated with a large increase in the odds of turnover across all teacher certification categories.

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Gilmour et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df3e9544b0122c4f7a0faa https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000394

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Observational study reveals increased turnover odds among teachers instructing higher proportions of students with disabilities, highlighting targeted training needs.

The association between teaching students with disabilities and teacher turnover.

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The association between teaching students with disabilities and teacher turnover.

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