This study provides a systematic review of the literature on teachers' cognitive abilities
(intelligence test scores and proxies of cognitive abilities such as college entrance exam …

Many personal and policy decisions turn on perceptions of school effectiveness, defined
here as the causal effect of attendance at a particular school or set of schools on student test …

Since 2010, a substantial number of large-scale, quantitative studies on preparation features
associated with teaching effectiveness and retention have emerged. The purpose of this …

The teacher shortage in the nation's public schools--particularly in high-poverty schools--is a
crisis for the teaching profession and a serious problem for the entire education system. The …

We used data on the student teaching placements, degrees, teaching credentials, and
workforce outcomes of more than 1,300 graduates of special education teacher education …

Shifts in special education over the last 25 years have increased the pressure on special
education teacher preparation programs to improve the quality of opportunities to learn …

Background: Recent empirical work shows that student teaching in a high-quality learning
environment and with a highly effective cooperating teacher predicts the performance and …

We exploit within-teacher variation in the years that math and reading teachers in grades 4–
8 host an apprentice (“student teacher”) in Washington State to estimate the causal effect of …

Abstract The Teachable Moments Peer Mentor Program First Year Experience (FYE) Project
enhanced first year experiences for education majors at an institution of higher education …

A growing literature documents the importance of student teaching placements for teacher
development. Emerging evidence from this literature highlights the importance of the mentor …