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New Survey Results Show Arkansas Teachers Report High Satisfaction — With Room to Strengthen Support By Taylor Scott, Josh McGee, Meredith Schellhase, and Gema Zamarro Teachers’ impact extends far beyond their time in the classroom. They influence students’ academic and non-academic outcomes that …

New teacher survey: AR ranks among highest in satisfaction, with strong feelings of success and commitment. But stress, workload, and student behavior remain challenges—highlighting opportunities to strengthen support.
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Nice shout out by Amber about the @caldercenter report on the effects of the Learns Act (which sets a $50K minimum for teacher salaries in Arkansas)!

Not surprisingly, more $ increases teacher retention.

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Next, Saturday morning, my student Meredith Schellhase will present on how principals are experiencing all the latest changes in AR under the LEARNS Act and related recent policy changes. You do not want to miss this one. This is my first mixed methods study ☺️

Saturday morning, my student Taylor Scott will be presenting on teacher wellbeing and value-added performance 👇

Friday morning my now graduated student Taylor Wilson will be presenting work on new teachers’ feelings of preparedness, discipline environments and teacher turnover 👇

Thank you @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social for discussing our work studying the effects of AR LEARNS base salary raises 👇

Early Evidence Suggests LEARNS Salary Increases Improved Teacher Retention. The blog post linked below summarizes the results from our new working paper. It’s a quick, nontechnical read. Check it out 👇

Don’t have time to read our long technical paper on AR LEARNS teacher base salaries and retention? No worries, we now have a short non-technical blog post on it for you 👇

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What the fadeout effect means for testing, accountability, and school choice | Episode 1008 of The Education Gadfly Show

Loved this convo about the potential reasons for fade out and how to reconcile test fade out, e.g., of teacher effects, with better later life outcomes associated with interventions/having better teachers.

I think it's got to be some combo of ...

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Full working paper is available here caldercenter.org/publications...

Check out our blog post summarizing the results of our recent working paper on the retention effects of LEARNS teacher salary increases. We find that the raises are improving teacher retention—especially in rural & higher-need districts. More 👇 oep.uark.edu/raising-the-...

Raise the Floor on Teacher Salaries It could boost recruitment, retention, and academic performance

Thank you @chadaldeman.bsky.social fir the interesting post featuring our work evaluating the salary changes under the LEARNS Act nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

We find that increasing minimum teacher salaries improves retention. See full paper below. caldercenter.org/publications...

Raise the Floor on Teacher Salaries It could boost recruitment, retention, and academic performance

Thanks to @chadaldeman.bsky.social for highlighting our work evaluating the impact of Arkansas's min teacher salary increase: Raise the Floor on Teacher Salaries open.substack.com/pub/aldemano...

Check out our new @caldercenter.bsky.social working paper studying the effects of AR LEARNS teacher base salary raises on retention caldercenter.org/publications...

Check out our new paper investigating teacher retention effects of a statewide minimum salary increase. 🚨Spoiler alert 🚨: paying teachers more increased retention👇

Title page for "Raising the Floor: Teacher Retention Effects of a Statewide Minimum Salary Increase"

Histograms showing the increase in teacher salaries for beginning teachers and teachers with 5 years of experience. These figures show a large increase in salaries while also showing substantial compression, indicating that pay differentials between districts shrunk.

What happens when you shrink salary differences between districts, increase beginning teacher pay by over $10,000, and compress salary schedules?

@gzamarro.bsky.social, @jbmcgee.bsky.social, @taylornwilson.bsky.social, Miranda Vernon, and I find out in our new CALDER working paper: bit.ly/4l4b5hO

Always fun to mint a new Dr! She will do great things at TEA. Texas is lucky to have her.

Who Are the Nation's Top Education Scholars? (Opinion) The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings recognize researchers who shape practice and policy.

Excited to be recognized in this group as one of the 200 university-based scholars in the United States who had the biggest impact on educational practice and policy last year, along with my colleagues Patrick Wolf, Bob Maranto, and @jbmcgee.bsky.social 🎉
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Arkansas experts examine shifts in education data, teacher pipeline Sarah McKenzie reflects on 23 years of evolving data use in Arkansas education, rising teacher turnover, chronic absenteeism and renewed efforts in early childhood access — with mixed but hopeful sign...

📊 Proud of the progress we’re making in Ark! In partnership with Arkansas Dept of Ed, we're improving how data informs decisions and helps deliver better results for students. Great interview with Sarah McKenzie highlighting this work! 🙌 #ArkEd www.kuaf.com/show/ozarks-...

Check out my new working paper with @jbmcgee.bsky.social: "Overview of the Arkansas Teacher Workforce". This work is part of a larger effort by the UofA - Department of Education Reform to describe the current status of Arkansas Education
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Check out this new book, including my chapter with @andrewmcamp.com and @jbmcgee.bsky.social "Educators' Job Burnout and Intentions to Leave During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
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4,200 Arkansas Teachers Will Get Up to $10K for High Performance, Student Scores State-funded merit pay program is in its second year, but teachers union says it's unfair to certain hardworking educators who can't qualify.

Nice article on the Arkansas Merit Pay Program from @the74.bsky.social featuring @jbmcgee.bsky.social:
www.the74million.org/article/4200...

Explaining the 2025 Arkansas Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program By Josh B. McGee The LEARNS Act (Act 237 of the 2023 Regular Session) established the Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program—commonly known as Merit Pay—to recognize and reward Arkansas’s outstanding…

The second year of Arkansas Teacher Merit Pay is out! Teachers across the state received bonuses of up to $10k for demonstrating outstanding student growth, working in shortage areas, and serving as mentors. Click below to learn more about the program. oep.uark.edu/explaining-t...

Check out our (w/ Roy McKenzie & @gzamarro.bsky.social ) recent blog post on Arkansas teacher retention! We're working to create interactive visuals to help tell the story at the local level. We'd love to hear what you think! oep.uark.edu/2024-25-arka...

2024–25 Arkansas Teacher Retention: Statewide Stability Amid Ongoing Local Challenges by: Josh McGee, Roy McKenzie, and Gema Zamarro

2024–25 Arkansas Teacher Retention: Statewide Stability Amid Ongoing Local Challenges
by @gzamarro.bsky.social @jbmcgee.bsky.social
oep.uark.edu/2024-25-arka...

Check out our (w/ Roy McKenzie & @gzamarro.bsky.social ) recent blog post on Arkansas teacher retention! We're working to create interactive visuals to help tell the story at the local level. We'd love to hear what you think! oep.uark.edu/2024-25-arka...

2024–25 Arkansas Teacher Retention: Statewide Stability Amid Ongoing Local Challenges by: Josh McGee, Roy McKenzie, and Gema Zamarro

Check out this new blog post with @jbmcgee.bsky.social describing teacher retention in Arkansas this 2024-25 school year:
oep.uark.edu/2024-25-arka...