Title page
Contents
Why this study? 2
Research questions 5
Findings for all Believe and Prepare pilot participants 7
Findings for early career Believe and Prepare pilot participants with certification or employment records 8
Implications 14
Limitations 16
References 17
Figure 1. About 30 percent of early career Believe and Prepare pilot participants who attained a Level 1 professional certificate between 2015/16 and 2017/18 were certified in a high-need subject 9
Figure 2. A majority of early career Believe and Prepare pilot participants who entered teaching between 2015/16 and 2018/19 did not teach in a high-need subject in their first year of teaching 10
Figure 3. Retention of early career Believe and Prepare teachers who entered teaching in 2015/16-2017/18 in the school, district, or state varied by subject taught 11
Figure 4. Retention of early career Believe and Prepare teachers who entered teaching in 2015/16-2017/18 was negatively associated with the percentage of racial/ethnic minority students and... 12
Figure 5. Early career Believe and Prepare teachers who entered teaching in 2015/16-2017/18 had higher retention rates into the second year of teaching than other early career teachers in the state 13
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 3
Box 2. Data sources, samples, and methods 6