An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification

Title:	An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification
Description:	The report, An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification, compares the achievement of elementary school students in the same grade, at the same school who were randomly assigned to teachers who chose to be trained through different routes to certification — traditional education school routes and alternative routes. The evaluation found that students of teachers who chose to enter teaching through an alternative route did not perform statistically different from students of teachers who chose a traditional route to teaching. This finding was the same for teachers coming from those programs that required comparatively many as well as few hours of coursework; however, among those teachers who reported taking coursework while teaching, their students performed lower than their counterparts.
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Cover Date:	February 2009
Web Release:	February 9, 2009
Print Release:	February 9, 2009
Publication #:	NCEE 20094043 Order Your Free Copy Now From Ed Pubs General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCEE
Authors:	Jill Constantine, Daniel Player, Tim Silva, Kristin Hallgren, Mary Grider, and John Deke: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Elizabeth Warner, Project Officer, Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Product:	Evaluation Report
Keywords:	Teachers • education/preparation • professional development • qualifications of
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