Texas High Schools and New Teachers: A Multi-Year Statewide Study

Authors

  • Cynthia Martinez-Garcia Sam Houston State University
  • John R Slate Sam Houston State University

Keywords:

beginning teachers, high schools,

Abstract

We examined the five most recent years of data (2003-2004 through 2007-2008) from the Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System regarding new teachers employed at high school campuses. We specifically focused on the extent to which differences were present between high school campuses with the highest new teacher percentages and high school campuses with the lowest new teacher percentages. High school campuses with the highest new teacher percentages had higher percentages of minority students and higher percentages of economically disadvantaged students but lower percentages of at-risk students than did high school campuses with the lowest percentages of new teachers. Implications of these findings and suggestions for further research are discussed.

Author Biographies

Cynthia Martinez-Garcia, Sam Houston State University

Assistant Professor

John R Slate, Sam Houston State University

Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling

Downloads

Published

2010-09-20

How to Cite

Martinez-Garcia, C., & Slate, J. R. (2010). Texas High Schools and New Teachers: A Multi-Year Statewide Study. Current Issues in Education, 13(3). Retrieved from https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/524

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Articles

License

Authors retain copyright without restrictions. Unless otherwise indicated, from 2021 all articles are published under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license. For more information visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Articles published prior to 2021 used a CC-BY-NC-SA license.