Alder residency graduates show higher 3-year same-LEA retention than teachers prepared through other pathways in the same LEAs¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? On average, 57% of Alder graduates were still working in the same LEA after 3 years as of 2023, compared with 33% of new teachers in those LEAs prepared through other pathways. → Yun 2025

Evidence¶

Yun 2025¶

Yun, C., Fitz, J., Nakajima, T., & Mauerman, C. (2025). Educating for equity: Alder Graduate School's teacher residency. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/812.965

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Program-reported comparison of retention in partner LEAs as of 2023, contrasting Alder graduates with other-pathway new hires in the same LEAs. The report states "57% of Alder graduates were still working in the same LEA after 3 years" versus 33% of other-pathway teachers; no effect size or test is printed.

"Alder residency graduates exhibited consistently higher retention rates than teachers prepared through other pathways: On average, 57% of Alder graduates were still working in the same LEA after 3 years as of 2023, compared with only 33% of new teachers in those LEAs who were prepared through other pathways."

Discussion¶

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