ERIC Number: ED609776
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Sep
Pages: 54
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How Do Teachers from Alternative Pathways Contribute to the Teaching Workforce in Urban Areas? Evidence from Kansas City. Working Paper No. 243-0920
An, Yang; Koedel, Cory
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
We examine how teachers from two alternative preparation programs--Teach for America (TFA) and Kansas City Teacher Residency (KCTR)--contribute to the teacher labor market in and around Kansas City, Missouri. We show that TFA and KCTR teachers are more likely than other teachers to work in charter schools, and more broadly, in schools with high concentrations of low-income, low-performing, and underrepresented minority (Black and Hispanic) students. TFA and KCTR teachers are themselves more racial/ethnically diverse than the larger local-area teaching workforce, but only KCTR teachers are more diverse than teachers in the same districts in which they work. In math in grades 4-8 we find sizeable, positive impacts of TFA and KCTR teachers on test-score growth relative to non-program teachers. We also estimate positive impacts on test-score growth in English Language Arts (ELA) for teachers from both programs, but our ELA estimates are smaller in magnitude.
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Urban Teaching, Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Diversity (Faculty), Teacher Effectiveness, Labor Market, Value Added Models, Academic Achievement, Teacher Placement, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Persistence
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Authoring Institution: National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research
Identifiers - Location: Missouri (Kansas City)
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