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Ronfeldt, Matthew; Bardelli, Emanuele; Truwit, Matthew; Mullman, Hannah; Schaaf, Kevin; Baker, Julie C. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2020
New studies show that the instructional effectiveness of preservice candidates and their cooperating teachers are positively related. However, we neither know if these relationships are causal nor, assuming they are, if it is possible to significantly increase the instructional effectiveness of the cooperating teacher pool. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Readiness, Cooperating Teachers, Experienced Teachers
Ronfeldt, Matthew; Bardelli, Emanuele; Truwit, Matthew; Mullman, Hannah; Schaaf, Kevin; Baker, Julie C. – Grantee Submission, 2020
New studies show that the instructional effectiveness of preservice candidates and their cooperating teachers are positively related. However, we neither know if these relationships are causal nor, assuming they are, if it is possible to significantly increase the instructional effectiveness of the cooperating teacher pool. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Readiness, Cooperating Teachers, Experienced Teachers
Matsko, Kavita Kapadia; Ronfeldt, Matthew; Nolan, Hillary Greene; Klugman, Joshua; Reininger, Michelle; Brockman, Stacey L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Drawing on survey and administrative data on cooperating teachers (CTs) and their preservice student teachers (PSTs) in Chicago Public Schools during 2014-2015, this study offers an in-depth look at reports of how CTs engage in their mentoring roles during student teaching, and their influence on PSTs. Our sample includes CTs working with PSTs…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Mentors, Student Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
Ronfeldt, Matthew – National Academy of Education, 2021
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 paper is to review this body of evidence and make sense of what it suggests for practitioners and policymakers. The paper begins by describing the groundbreaking work…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Student Teaching
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Ronfeldt, Matthew; Matsko, Kavita Kapadia; Greene Nolan, Hillary; Reininger, Michelle – Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
This article extends prior research seeking to identify preparation features related to better workforce outcomes. To our knowledge, it is the first to link many dimensions of preparation to graduates' first-year observation ratings. It follows 305 preservice teachers (PSTs) who student taught in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in 2014-2015 and were…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Career Readiness, Preservice Teachers, Cooperating Teachers
Ronfeldt, Matthew; Goldhaber, Dan; Cowan, James; Bardelli, Emanuele; Johnson, Joy; Tien, Christopher Daniel – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2018
Improving the skill set of new teachers is a potentially important policy lever to increase student achievement. There are, however, doubts about the extent to which teacher education programs contribute to the development of teachers' skills. In this paper, we describe findings from an experiment designed to test whether one aspect of teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Skills, Skill Development, Student Placement
Ronfeldt, Matthew; Matsko, Kavita Kapadia; Greene Nolan, Hillary; Reininger, Michelle – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2018
This study follows 305 preservice teachers (PSTs) who student taught in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in 2014-15 and were subsequently hired in CPS in 2015-16. Drawing on surveys of PSTs and their cooperating teachers (CTs) and CPS administrative data, we linked features of their preservice teacher education to three outcome measures for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes