This report highlights effective practices for building and using evidence. The study team poses a broad theoretical framework for using monitoring and evaluation to build evidence, which would allow the Wage and Hour Division to build upon its current practices. The study team also identifies potential...
The Compliance Strategies Evaluation Literature and Database Review provides a synthesis of existing literature and data related to Wage and Hour Division (WHD) compliance strategies. The review summarizes what is currently known about effective compliance assistance strategies and suggests further research...
Mathematica’s report on the Teacher Potential Project, an initiative of EL Education, finds that the program—which includes an English language arts standards-aligned curriculum and embedded professional development for teachers—can improve teacher instructional practices and student achievement.
Teachers who engaged with EL Education’s English Language Arts Curriculum and professional development more often demonstrated Common Core State Standards-aligned instructional practices compared to teachers receiving the curriculum and professional development provided by their districts.
The widespread adoption of more rigorous state guidelines for student learning, such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), has led to tremendous interest in how best to prepare and develop teachers to foster the skills that students need to meet the new standards and succeed in college and careers.
This study discusses outcomes and impacts of the Leveraging, Integrating, Networking, Coordinating Supplies (LINCS) program on students’ employment and earnings.
The Leveraging, Integrating, Networking, Coordinating Supplies (LINCS) Consortium of colleges and universities received a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant to develop and create certification track content, exams, and certifications in eight areas of supply...
Provides a comprehensive portrait of typical induction support provided to elementary school teachers in urban districts around the country in their first year.
This report documents patterns in the receipt of training, including characteristics of trainees, types of training, program completion, and credential receipt, among participants in the TAA program who enrolled in the program as it operated under the 2002 amendments.
The main impact findings described in the report used a matched sample of UI claimants as the comparison group for TAA participants, with key outcomes measured through a follow-up survey.
Teacher induction programs are designed to support new teachers and reduce teacher turnover.
The purpose of this report is to better understand the characteristics of the population eligible for the 2002 provisions of TAA and its members’ experiences with the program.
Teacher induction programs are designed to support new teachers and reduce teacher turnover.
Comprehensive teacher induction provides novice teachers with carefully selected and trained full-time mentors, as well as a curriculum of intensive and structured support.
Comprehensive teacher induction provides novice teachers with carefully selected and trained full-time mentors, as well as a curriculum of intensive and structured support.
The existence of quasi-fixed costs of work may affect firms' desired employee hours and number of workers, which has important implications for the estimation of labor supply parameters.