One-year principal retention rates were stable from fall 2016 to fall 2020 and did not decline during the COVID-19 pandemic year¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? School-stayer rates across the three states were fairly stable year to year, and in Utah the fall 2019 to fall 2020 stayer rate was higher than the prior year's. → 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

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Annual one-year retention analysis of state staffing data (figure 2) shows stable stayer rates; in Utah "a higher proportion of principals stayed at their schools from fall 2019 to fall 2020" than the prior year, and rates did not decline in Arizona or Nevada.

"In Utah a higher proportion of principals stayed at their schools from fall 2019 to fall 2020 during a period of COVID-19-related school closures than did so from fall 2018 to fall 2019."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Fewer than half of principals in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah remained at the same school from fall 2016 to fall 2020 — related
• Each state's lowest four-year principal retention rate occurred at a different grade span — related
• Proportionally fewer principals remained at lower-performing schools than at higher-performing schools across all three states (three-year retention) — related
• The locale types with the lowest four-year principal retention differed across the three states — related
• Statewide public school staff attrition in Pennsylvania rose from 4 percent in preceding years to 5 percent between fall 2020 and fall 2021 during the pandemic — related
• Retention was higher in majority-White schools in Arizona and Nevada but the converse held in Utah — related