Clinical Experiences and (Unexpected Findings on) Job Placements: Experimental Evidence from Student Teaching Interventions. Working Paper No. 312-0325
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| Title: | Clinical Experiences and (Unexpected Findings on) Job Placements: Experimental Evidence from Student Teaching Interventions. Working Paper No. 312-0325 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Dan Goldhaber, Matt Ronfeldt, James Cowan, Emanuele Bardelli, Trevor Gratz, Matt Truwit, National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research (AIR) |
| Source: | National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER). 2025. |
| Availability: | National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-403-5796; Fax: 202-403-6783; e-mail: info@caldercenter.org; Web site: https://caldercenter.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Clinical Experience, Job Placement, Teacher Placement, Student Teachers, Student Teaching, Intervention, Teacher Employment, Labor Market, Advantaged, Student Teacher Evaluation, Preferences |
| Abstract: | We implemented two reforms to student teaching in randomized controlled trials designed to test improvements to pre-service preparation. Although neither reform affected overall teacher employment, we find significant effects on other labor market outcomes. The first intervention placed student teachers with more effective mentors and in more effective schools for their clinical experiences. We find that treated candidates tended to find employment in higher income and less diverse schools, an effect that appears to operate primarily among teachers not hired into their placement sites. The second intervention provided detailed reports to teacher candidates, their field instructors, and their school-based mentor teachers about performance on clinical evaluations during the clinical experience. Treated candidates in this experiment were more likely to obtain teaching positions in the schools in which they completed their student teaching. Overall, the results suggest that student teaching reforms may have important and unexpected effects on the teacher labor market. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED673312 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We implemented two reforms to student teaching in randomized controlled trials designed to test improvements to pre-service preparation. Although neither reform affected overall teacher employment, we find significant effects on other labor market outcomes. The first intervention placed student teachers with more effective mentors and in more effective schools for their clinical experiences. We find that treated candidates tended to find employment in higher income and less diverse schools, an effect that appears to operate primarily among teachers not hired into their placement sites. The second intervention provided detailed reports to teacher candidates, their field instructors, and their school-based mentor teachers about performance on clinical evaluations during the clinical experience. Treated candidates in this experiment were more likely to obtain teaching positions in the schools in which they completed their student teaching. Overall, the results suggest that student teaching reforms may have important and unexpected effects on the teacher labor market. |
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