This handbook is based on results and lessons learned from a six-and a-half year evaluation of the The Pathways to Teaching Careers Program. The evaluation began in 1994. The summative portion of the evaluation answered the following questions:

1. Did the Pathways Program meet its overall recruitment goals? 
2. Have Pathways participants remained in the program through completion and certification? Did they work in targeted districts after completing the program? 
3. Are Pathways graduates good teachers?
4. Do Pathways graduates remain in teaching longer than the typical novice teacher?

Researchers collected data mainly through surveys of participants, program staff, teaching supervisors, and principals. Performance assessment data were also collected by evaluation staff. Five surveys were administered each year. Researchers also collected data on Pathways graduates who had completed the program three or more years earlier to determine their retention in teaching over a three-year period.