Multiple workforce factors contributed to the growth of alternative teacher certification programs¶
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q1 i? An aging teacher population, class-size-reduction initiatives, difficulties attracting quality minority candidates, and shortages in math, science, and special education contributed to the growth of alternative certification programs. → Steven Glazerman 2008
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Steven Glazerman 2008¶
Steven Glazerman, Elizabeth Seif, Gail Baxter. (2008). Passport to Teaching: Career Choices and Experiences of American Board Certified Teachers. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/passport-to-teaching-career-choices-and-experiences-of-american-board-certified-teachers
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The report's introduction lists, without supporting data in the text shown, the factors it says "contributed to the growth of alternative teachercertification programs", including an aging teacher population and subject-area shortages. No effect size or test is printed.
"Several factors have contributed to the growth of alternative teachercertification programs, including an aging teacher population, class-size-reduction initiatives, difficulties in attracting quality minority candidates to the profession, and shortages of individuals prepared to teach math, science, and special education."
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Related Claims¶
- Alternative routes to teaching were promoted in the past decade because of concerns about teacher shortages and teacher quality — a broader claim this one bears on
- Researchers argue that the teacher shortage in poor school districts may stem more from retaining teachers than from attracting them — related
- More experienced teachers earned additional certificates in shortage areas (47 percent) than in nonshortage areas (25 percent), with special education the most common shortage area (27 percent) — related
- Congress created the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program in 2008, which funds teaching residency programs (TRPs) meant to draw highly qualified teachers to high-need schools — related
- There is a severe shortage of certified computer science teachers, with only 75 college graduates certified in 2016 — related
- Alternatively certified teachers are 25% more likely to leave their schools and the profession, controlling for other factors — related
- Teachers of color disproportionately enter through alternative certification pathways, which predict higher turnover — related
- The NSF REU program was created in 1987 to strengthen the STEM workforce — related
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Multiple workforce factors contributed to the growth of alternative teacher certification programs |
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Multiple workforce factors contributed to the growth of alternative teacher certification programs |
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