Fewer than half of principals in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah remained at the same school from fall 2016 to fall 2020¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Four-year school-stayer rates were 30 percent in Utah, 43 percent in Nevada, and 36 percent in Arizona, with most departures being exits from the principalship. → Makkonen 2021

Evidence¶

Makkonen 2021¶

Makkonen, R., & Jaquet, K. (2021). Principal retention patterns in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah (REL 2022–129). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory West. https://ies.ed.gov/use-work/resource-library/report/descriptive-study/principal-retention-patterns-arizona-nevada-and-utah

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Observational analysis of state staffing databases for the fall 2016 cohort of 1,188 Arizona, 473 Nevada, and 740 Utah principals. The report states "30 percent of principals in Utah remained in the same school compared with 43 percent in Nevada and 36 percent in Arizona."

"From fall 2016 to fall 2020, 30 percent of principals in Utah remained in the same school compared with 43 percent in Nevada and 36 percent in Arizona (figure 1)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Proportionally fewer principals remained at lower-performing schools than at higher-performing schools across all three states (three-year retention) — related
• One-year principal retention rates were stable from fall 2016 to fall 2020 and did not decline during the COVID-19 pandemic year — related
• Retention was higher in majority-White schools in Arizona and Nevada but the converse held in Utah — related
• Each state's lowest four-year principal retention rate occurred at a different grade span — related
• The locale types with the lowest four-year principal retention differed across the three states — related
• Fund-supported principals plan fewer total years in the principalship but more years in education than other principals — related