During the first two years of the i3 scale-up, TFA expanded its corps by 25 percent but fell short of annual targets for increasing the number of teachers and teacher effectiveness¶
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q2 i? TFA expanded the size of its corps by 25 percent during the first two years of the scale-up, though it fell short of its annual targets for increasing the number of teachers in the program and increasing teacher effectiveness. → Zukiewicz 2015
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Zukiewicz 2015¶
Zukiewicz, M., Clark, M. A., & Makowsky, L. (2015). Implementation of the Teach For America Investing in Innovation Scale-Up. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/implementation-of-the-teach-for-america-investing-in-innovation-scaleup
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Implementation study of TFA's i3 scale-up during the first two years of the grant, reporting progress toward scale-up goals. The report states TFA expanded "the size of its corps by 25 percent" but "fell short of its annual targets" for teacher numbers and teacher effectiveness.
"TFA made notable progress in attaining its goals during the first two years of scale-up, expanding the size of its corps by 25 percent. However, it fell short of its annual targets for increasing the number of teachers in its program and increasing teacher effectiveness."
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Related Claims¶
- Under the i3 scale-up grant, TFA planned to grow its corps by 80 percent and aimed for a majority of its teachers to be rated highly effective by the 2014-2015 school year — related
- TFA corps members hired in the first two years of the i3 scale-up were as effective as other teachers in the same high-poverty schools in teaching reading and math — related
- As it scaled, TFA generally maintained fidelity to its core program model, with small changes to its pre-service training program — related
- The authors propose creating America's Teacher Corps through federal legislation to recognize highly effective K-12 public school teachers — related
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During the first two years of the i3 scale-up, TFA expanded its corps by 25 percent but fell short of annual targets for increasing the number of teachers and teacher effectiveness |
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During the first two years of the i3 scale-up, TFA expanded its corps by 25 percent but fell short of annual targets for increasing the number of teachers and teacher effectiveness |
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