Topic coverage was bimodal: about a third of teachers received moderate or substantial guidance on all 10 topics while another third received guidance on three or fewer¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? About a third of teachers (32 percent) reported receiving a moderate amount or a lot of guidance on all 10 MO DESE topics, and another 32 percent received that level of guidance on three or fewer topics. → Brodersen 2025

Evidence¶

Brodersen 2025¶

Brodersen, R. M., Chiang, H., Coleman, K., Hitt, C., Li, J., Ritter, G., & Weston-Sementelli, J. (2025). Examining the mentoring experiences of first-year teachers in Missouri (REL 2025–014). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/use-work/resource-library/report/descriptive-study/examining-mentoring-experiences-first-year-teachers-missouri

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Weighted descriptive analysis of the mentoring survey reported in figure 2 (n = 244). The report states "About another third of teachers (32 percent) received a moderate amount or a lot of guidance on a few (three or fewer) topics."

"About a third of teachers (32 percent) reported receiving a moderate amount or a lot of guidance on all 10 topics (figure 2) ranging from noninstructional topics such as communicating with families to instructional topics such as reviewing and assessing student work"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The mentoring topics first-year teachers most frequently received guidance on were noninstructional rather than instructional — related