1. What the Data Tell Us About Shortages of Mathematics and Science Teachers
Richard M. Ingersoll Professor of Education and Sociology University of Pennsylvania and Consortium for Policy Research in Education

2. The Sources of Data
Schools and Staffing Survey with the Teacher Follow-up Survey (SASS/TFS)
Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System (IPEDS)
Baccalaureate and Beyond Survey (B&B)

3. Percent Secondary Schools with Vacancies and with Difficulties Filling those Teaching Vacancies, by Field ( ).
Source: Schools and Staffing Survey

4. Ratio of the Teacher Supply Pipeline to Retirement Leavers, by Field (1999-2000)
Sources: B&B; TFS; IPEDS

5. Ratio of the Teacher Supply Pipeline to Retirement Leavers and Ratio of Pipeline to All Leavers, by Field ( )
Sources: B&B; TFS; IPEDS

6. Percent Annual Teacher Turnover, by Field and by Year
Source: Teacher Followup Survey

7. Numbers of Math and Science Teachers in Transition Before and After 1999-2000 School Year
Hires
64,540
Math/Science
Teaching Force
405,536
Turnover
68,145
Source: Schools and Staffing Survey and Teacher Followup Survey

8. Percent Annual Public School Teacher Turnover,
by Selected School Characteristics ( ) 15 11 16 19 22 26
Source: Schools and Staffing Survey and Teacher Followup Survey

9. Percent Teachers Giving Various Reasons for Their Turnover, by Field (2000-2001)
Source: Teacher Followup Survey

10. Of Those School Teachers Who Moved From or Left Their School, Percent Reporting Various Sources of Dissatisfaction, by Field ( )
Percent
Source: Teacher Followup Survey

11. Percent Turnover After First Year of Beginning Teachers, According to Amount of Induction Support They Received ( )
No Induction 41
Some Induction (4 Components) 27
Full Induction (7Components) 18
Smith, T. & Ingersoll, R "What are the Effects of Induction and Mentoring on Beginning Teacher Turnover?" American Educational Research Journal. 41: 3:

12. For Further Information, Copies of Articles, Reports, etc.:
and a recent book:
Who Controls Teachers’ Work? Power and Accountability in America’s Schools.
from Harvard University Press