An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification

Description

The restricted-use file for this study contains data for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 school years including demographic data on schools, alternative certification route program information, teacher surveys of teacher training program experiences and teacher background data, classroom observations of teacher practices, and student demographic data and math and reading achievement for elementary school students.

Detailed Methodology

Sample

Sample includes 20 school districts, 63 schools, and 2,600 students. Voluntary sample was purposefully recruited and included schools that had recently hired alternatively certified (AC) teachers. The school had to have an AC teacher teaching the same grade level as a relative novice traditionally certified (TC) teacher.

Method of Data Collection

Experiment (incl. clinical trials and RCTs)
Mixed or multi modes