How Changes in Entry Requirements Alter the Teacher Workforce and Affect Student Achievement
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- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- Published by MIT Press in Education Finance and Policy
- Vol. 1 (2), 176-216
- https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp.2006.1.2.176
Abstract
We are in the midst of what amounts to a national experiment in how best to attract, prepare, and retain teachers, particularly for high-poverty urban schools. Using data on students and teachers in grades 3–8, this study assesses the effects of pathways into teaching in New York City on the teacher workforce and on student achievement. We ask whether teachers who enter through new routes, with reduced coursework prior to teaching, are more or less effective at improving student achievement. When compared to teachers who completed a university-based teacher education program, teachers with reduced coursework prior to entry often provide smaller initial gains in both mathematics and English language arts. Most differences disappear as the cohort matures, and many of the differences are not large in magnitude, typically 2 to 5 percent of a standard deviation. The variation in effectiveness within pathways is far greater than the average differences between pathways.Keywords
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