Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest¹

The research team for this evaluation consists of a prime contractor, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., of Princeton, NJ, and one subcontractor, WestEd of San Francisco, CA. Neither of these organizations nor their key staff members have financial interests that could be affected by findings from the evaluation of the two comprehensive teacher induction programs considered in this report. No one on the Technical Working Group, convened by the research team to provide advice and guidance, has financial interests that could be affected by findings from the evaluation.

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¹ Contractors carrying out research and evaluation projects for IES frequently need to obtain expert advice and technical assistance from individuals and entities whose other professional work may not be entirely independent of or separable from the tasks they are carrying out for the IES contractor. Contractors endeavor not to put such individuals or entities in positions in which they could bias the analysis and reporting of results, and their potential conflicts of interest are disclosed.