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Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools: Lessons From Two Institute of Education Sciences Studies

NCEE
Author(s):
Melissa Clark, Sheena McConnell, Jill Constantine, Hanley Chiang
Publication date:
September 2013
Publication number:
NCEE 20134018

Summary

Two IES studies evaluated teachers from two highly selective alternative routes--Teach For America and the Teaching Fellows programs--and less selective alternative routes that accept nearly all applicants. An evaluation brief discusses the following lessons learned from these two studies:
  • Teachers who enter teaching through alternative routes to certification can help fill teacher shortages in hard-to-staff schools and subjects without reducing student achievement.
  • Coursework taken while teaching appears to decrease teachers' effectiveness.
  • Predicting teacher effectiveness at the time of hiring appears to be difficult.

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Evaluation Brief
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Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools: Lessons From Two Institute of Education Sciences Studies

By: Melissa Clark, Sheena McConnell, Jill Constantine, Hanley Chiang
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