Residency graduates show high retention rates of roughly 80-90% after three years and 70-80% after five years¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Studies of teacher residency programs consistently find high retention of graduates, generally 80-90% in the same district after three years and 70-80% after five years. → Guha 2016

Evidence¶

Guha 2016¶

Guha, R., Hyler, M.E., and Darling-Hammond, L. (2016). The Teacher Residency: An Innovative Model for Preparing Teachers. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/teacher-residency

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The report's synthesis of retention studies, summarized in Table 1, compiles descriptive and regression-based comparisons across programs including Boston, Memphis, Denver, and San Francisco, finding "high retention rates of their graduates". Most studies are descriptive; two rigorous studies found statistically significant retention differences controlling for school and district characteristics.

"Studies of teacher residency programs consistently point to the high retention rates of their graduates, even after several years in the profession, ranging from rates of 80–90% in the same district after three years and 70–80% after five years"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Residency-prepared teachers remain in teaching and in their districts at higher rates than other novice teachers, typically 80–95% after 3 years — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Well-prepared and well-mentored teachers stay in teaching at more than twice the rate of unprepared entrants, and teacher residency programs typically retain more than 80% over five years — related
• Novice TRP teachers' district retention rates are roughly the same as those of teachers entering through other preparation programs — related
• In rigorous controlled studies, residency graduates retained at significantly higher rates than non-residency peers — related
• Alder residency graduates show higher 3-year same-LEA retention than teachers prepared through other pathways in the same LEAs — related
• University of Houston residency completers retain in teaching at rates above state averages (93% after year one; 3- and 5-year retention 10 and 7 points above state averages for the 2019 cohort) — related
• Grow Your Own program graduates remain in teaching longer than typical beginning teachers and teach in high-need schools at high rates — related
• Kern Urban Teacher Residency graduates are retained at high rates in the partner district, with 92% of its 114 graduates continuing to work in BCSD — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Ohio meets criteria on high-retention teaching pathways and early-career induction with mentoring — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Teacher residency completers are more effective and more likely to stay in teaching than teachers entering through other pathways or without preparation — related
• Teacher residency program graduates are more racially diverse than other new teachers and much more likely to stay in teaching, especially in sponsoring high-need districts — related
• UCLA-CS reports high teacher retention and above-district student and parent satisfaction alongside its academic outcomes — related
• UCLA's IMPACT early childhood pathway prepared 50 fully licensed teachers across four cohorts, with 87% retained in the district for at least 3 years — a narrower finding that bears on this claim