Read the excerpt from a student’s rhetorical analysis essay.Barone and Ware provide a variety of quantitative evidence that suggests that a career ladder for teachers improves teacher retention. For example, they cite exit interviews with teachers leaving the profession. Over 80% of respondents cite that having few opportunities for advancement was a reason to leave the profession.
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A career ladder is a system where people can advance to higher levels of responsibility and compensation.B
Data collected from exiting teachers provide support for the implementation of new pathways in teaching careers, like a career ladder, to retain teachers.C
The authors studied several reasons that people left the teaching profession, including the lack of opportunities for advancement.D
The author makes a connection to the audience by writing about the importance of retaining talented teachers through implementing career ladders.