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State pilot finds high turnover in child care workforce; pilot pay boosts showed limited retention effects and produced some unintended behavior
Summary
Dr. Barnes presented a randomized two‑year pilot testing fixed-dollar and percentage pay supplements for early childhood teachers; the pilot found high turnover (about 45–50% over the study period) and no clear statistically significant retention advantage for the stipend versus the 10% pay increase.
Dr. Barnes of the Department of Education presented findings from a two‑year randomized pilot that tested pay supplements to early childhood teachers.
The pilot randomly assigned participating centers to one of three groups: a fixed dollar supplement (about $2,000 per teacher annually in the pilot design), a 10% pay increase for teachers at participating sites, and a control group that received no supplemental pay through the pilot. Centers were asked to list all teachers on the initial roster and the study tracked retention and replacements across eight surveys over two years. Dr. Barnes described the approach as a randomized control design intended to identify retention differences while balancing center characteristics across groups.
Key quantitative findings presented: the study observed an average turnover rate in the range of…
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