ORE conducted an evaluation of the Early Literacy Specialist Initiative from 2015-16 to 2018-19. Four research reports summarize the findings after four years:

1. Implementation of the ELS Initiative
2. Teacher Benefits and Changes to Teacher Practice 
3. Teacher Turnover and Retention (this report)
4. Student Achievement during the ELS Initiative

Key Findings

• As schools participated in the initiative for more years, they retained fewer and fewer teachers, particularly within the same grade.
• About 49% of the 570 teachers who taught K-3 in a Cohort 1 school in 2015-16 were still teaching K-3 in a Cohort 1 school three years later.
• About 34% of the 570 teachers who taught K-3 in a Cohort 1 school in 2015-16 were still teaching the same grade at the same school three years later.

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