Can UTeach? Assessing the relative effectiveness of STEM teachers

Ben Backes, Dan Goldhaber, Whitney Cade, Kate Sullivan and Melissa Dodson

Economics of Education Review, 2018, vol. 64, issue C, 184-198

Abstract: UTeach is a well-known, university-based program designed to increase the number of high-quality STEM teachers in the workforce. Despite substantial investment and rapid program diffusion, there is little evidence about the effectiveness of UTeach graduates. Using administrative data from the state of Texas, we measure the impact of having a UTeach teacher on student test scores in math and science in middle schools and high schools. We find that students taught by UTeach teachers perform significantly better on end-of-grade tests in math and end-of-course tests in math and science by 8% to 15% of a standard deviation on the test, depending on grade and subject.

Keywords: Teacher preparation; STEM; Educator effectiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.05.002

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