Alternative routes to teaching have been promoted during the past decade because of concerns about teacher shortages and teacher quality. Mathematica's new five-year study of the Passport to Teaching program, developed by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, is analyzing...

This study explores the disparity in access to effective teachers in 29 school districts across the country, revealing that disadvantaged students receive poorer-quality instruction, on average, compared with other students. Mathematica conducted the studies for the Institute of Education Sciences.

Based on official program documentation, focus groups with teachers, and telephone interviews with school officials, this report compares how the program works in practice with how it works in theory.

Mathematica's final report on the Chicago Teacher Advancement Program (Chicago TAP) found that the program did not raise student math or reading scores, but it increased teacher retention in some schools. For example, teachers in Chicago TAP schools at the start of the program in fall 2007 were...

Presents estimates of the major benefits and costs of Job Corps within a unified framework.

This report details second-year results from Mathematica’s study on Chicago Public Schools’ Teacher Advancement Program (TAP), a Teacher Incentive Fund grantee. The TAP model offers teachers performance pay, professional development, and advancement opportunities based in part on their...