IES Research Conference presentation on teacher certification route evaluation¶

Element · All elements
Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 3 studies (2 causal, 1 associational), q1–q3 · 0 of 3 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A PowerPoint presentation delivered at the annual Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference in Washington, DC, reporting an evaluation of teachers trained through different routes to certification. The page identifies it as part of Mathematica's work in education and teacher and principal preparation and support, published June 2009. The presentation is the artifact through which the evaluation's evidence about certification routes was disseminated to the research community.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Delivered as a PowerPoint presentation at the annual Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference in Washington, DC

Constraints¶

• The available text provides only publication metadata, not the presentation content

Target Learners¶

• education researchers and policymakers attending the IES Research Conference

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding whether teacher preparation route relates to teacher effectiveness

Claims¶

• An evaluation study compares teachers trained through different routes to certification [+W]
• No association between amount of teacher training coursework and classroom effectiveness [+W]
• Elementary students taught by teachers from less selective alternative routes had test scores similar to peers taught by traditional-route teachers [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Mathematica random assignment study of alternative routes to teacher certification
• Alternative teacher certification routes compared in the IES studies: highly selective (Teach For America, Teaching Fellows) and less selective routes
• Passport to Teaching: ABCTE's examination-based certification approach for identifying competent teachers regardless of preparation route

Examples¶

-

Key Sources¶

• Jill Constantine. (2009). Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/evaluation-of-teachers-trained-through-different-routes-to-certification