Professional Development Is Linked to Higher Scores, but What Works Best?
While administrators and superintendents spend a considerable amount of time and resources on professional development, research on those investments and their outcomes are mixed.
A 2015 study by The New Teacher Project found the 50 largest school districts in the U.S. were spending a total of $8 billion a year on teacher development, using roughly 19 full school days of the average teacher’s time annually. Despite this investment, the extra training had no clear effect on teacher performance or improvement, the study found.
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