Unintended Consequences of Expanding Teacher Preparation Pathways: Does Alternative Licensure Attenuate New Teacher Pay?

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  • Author(s): Sarah Guthery (ORCID Sarah Guthery (ORCID 0000-0003-3268-9503); Lauren P. Bailes (ORCID Lauren P. Bailes (ORCID 0000-0003-3251-0518)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    AERA Open. 2023 9(1).
  • Publication Date:
    2023
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      14
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
      Elementary Education
      Kindergarten
      Primary Education
      Elementary Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Alternative Teacher Certification; Teacher Salaries; School Districts; Teacher Supply and Demand; Policy Analysis; Correlation; Educational Policy; Longitudinal Studies; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Texas
    • ISSN:
      2332-8584
    • Abstract:
      Texas reduced new teacher preparation requirements in 2001 to allow more alternate paths to licensure. Within 5 years, this policy change resulted in more than half of the state's new teachers being alternatively licensed. Using a series of first difference models, this study examines the relationship between the increased supply of new teachers in Texas and new teacher salaries prior to the policy change and in the 15 years thereafter. We find that the policy change did increase the supply of new teachers via alternative licensing, but pay for new EC-6 teachers declined by 2%-13% with differential effects based on the rate at which districts hired alternatively licensed teachers.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Notes:
      https://doi.org/10.3886/E183867V1
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1405228