Does Practice-Based Teacher Preparation Increase Student Achievement? Early Evidence from the Boston Teacher Residency / John P. Papay, Martin R. West, Jon B. Fullerton, Thomas J. Kane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papay, John P.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

West, Martin R.

Fullerton, Jon B.

Kane, Thomas J.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17646.

NBER working paper series no. w17646

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2011.

Summary:

The Boston Teacher Residency is an innovative practice-based preparation program in which candidates work alongside a mentor teacher for a year before becoming a teacher of record in Boston Public Schools. We find that BTR graduates are more racially diverse than other BPS novices, more likely to teach math and science, and more likely to remain teaching in the district through year five. Initially, BTR graduates for whom value-added performance data are available are no more effective at raising student test scores than other novice teachers in English language arts and less effective in math. The effectiveness of BTR graduates in math improves rapidly over time, however, such that by their fourth and fifth years they out-perform veteran teachers. Simulations of the program's overall impact through retention and effectiveness suggest that it is likely to improve student achievement in the district only modestly over the long run.

Notes:

Print version record

December 2011.