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Recruitment and Retention: Data
The TQ Source interactive data tool allows you to extract valuable, customized information related to recruitment and retention of teachers across schools, districts, states, and regions.
TQ Source data are based on the 1999–2000 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics.
After you have selected a question below, you will be prompted to choose from several variables regarding recruitment and retention. Your selections will generate a customized graph that reflects your desired information.
| 1. | What is the average number of teachers hired by districts for K–12 and comparable ungraded levels? |
| This question explores the number of new teachers that districts hired for the 1999-2000 school year. |
| 2. | When were job offers most frequently made to teachers? |
| Teachers receive job offers at different times of the year. This question allows you to view when districts made offers. |
| 3. | What percentage of districts dismissed teachers due to poor performance? |
| This question provides evidence on how many teachers were dismissed and sorts those data by teachers' experience level. |
| 4. | What percentage of districts have an agreement with a teachers union or organization? |
| This question allows you to view the percentage of districts that have a teachers union or similar bargaining unit. |
| 5. | What is the typical salary that districts offer teachers who have a bachelor's degree but no teaching experience? |
| This question allows you to examine the salaries that districts offer to teachers with a bachelor's degree but no teaching experience. |
| 6. | What is the base salary for a teacher with a bachelor's degree and 10 years of teaching experience? |
| This question allows you to view the average salary that districts offer to teachers with 10 years of teaching experience. |
| 7. | What is the typical salary that districts offer teachers who have a master's degree but no teaching experience? |
| This question allows you to view the average salary districts offer to teachers with a master's degree and no teaching experience. |
| 8. | What is the typical salary that districts offer teachers who have a master's degree plus 30 credits but no teaching experience? |
| This question allows you to view the average salary that districts offer to teachers with a master's degree and 30 credits. |
| 9. | What is the base salary for a teacher with a master's degree and 20 years of teaching experience? |
| This question allows you to view the average salary that districts offer to teachers with a master's degree and 20 years of teaching experience. |
Nearly 45,000 U.S. public school teachers completed the SASS teacher survey for the 1999-2000 school year. SASS uses a complex stratified sampling design to report accurately for the nation and for each state at an affordable cost. But, SASS is not a census; it does not count every teacher. Hence, the numbers and percentages it reports are estimates of what a census survey would tell us. The TQSource data section allows the exploration of these rich data, nationally, by region, and for each state.