This rapid evidence assessment identifies areas for future research on teacher quality, recruitment and retention, with the aim of informing the focus of the Education Endowment Foundation's (EEF's) future research commissioning on this topic. Given that ensuring access to quality teaching for disadvantaged pupils is expected to be a key mechanism for narrowing the disadvantage gap in attainment, there is a strong rationale for the EEF to build the evidence base on the recruitment and retention of quality teachers. The report set out to scope the field and summarise existing evidence on this topic. The report also identifies gaps in the research. The rapid evidence assessment includes two reviews, each summarising a key area of research: (1) Review 1 focused on measures of (or proxies for) teacher quality commonly used in the literature; and (2) Review 2 focused on strategies for the recruitment, retention and distribution of quality teachers to schools serving disadvantaged communities.