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Retired Mentors for New Teachers program: Providing one-on-one mentoring to probationary teachers to improve student achievement and teacher retention

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Intervention Details

Subjects

Math, English Language Arts

Academic Program

General Education

Duration

2 years

Grades

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

Retired Mentors for New Teachers program

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on math achievement

No effect on reading achievement

No effect on teacher evaluation outcomes

No effect on teacher retention

Positive effect on teacher retention for teachers who received more hours of mentoring

Source

Abby, M., Bruce, R. & Dale, D. (2017). Impacts of the Retired Mentors for New Teachers Program. REL 2017-225 (ED573097). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED573097.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

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