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¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? On average, first- and second-year TFA corps members from the i3 scale-up were as effective as other teachers in the same high-poverty schools in both reading and math. → Clark 2017

Evidence¶

Clark 2017¶

Clark, Melissa A.; Isenberg, Eric; Liu, Albert Y.; Makowsky, Libby; Zukiewicz, Marykate. (2017). Impacts of the Teach For America Investing in Innovation Scale-Up. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/impacts-of-the-teach-for-america-investing-in-innovation-scaleup

q3 · i? · causal · r?

The report's key findings state that TFA corps members hired in the first two years of the scale-up period were "as effective as other teachers in the same high-poverty schools in both reading and math." No effect size for the overall comparison is printed in the supplied text.

"The study found that, on average, TFA corps members hired in the first two years of the scale-up period were as effective as other teachers in the same high-poverty schools in both reading and math."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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