It provides some evidence that these teachers are no more
effective than other new teachers, and, in fact, they appear to be less effective at raising math scores of elementary and middle school students.
But preliminary
new research focusing on Denver's residency program showed that
teachers trained through the program were less
effective at improving student achievement in math
than other novice
teachers in Denver.
Although research shows that BTR graduates are initially not more
effective at raising student test scores
than other new teachers, the effectiveness of BTR graduates improves rapidly over time, and by their fourth and fifth years in the classroom, BTR graduates outperform
other veteran
teachers.70 Further, principals are very satisfied with the performance of former residents in their building: A recent survey conducted by BTR found that 97 percent of principals who employ
teachers who are alumni of BTR «would recommend hiring a BTR graduate to a colleague.»