TFA teachers show no discernible effects on social studies achievement, based on one study¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In the one qualifying study, the estimated impact of TFA teachers on social studies achievement was neither statistically significant nor large enough to be substantively important. → Teach For America 2016

Evidence¶

Teach For America 2016¶

Teach For America. (2016). WWC Intervention Report: Teach For America. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://www.teachforamerica.org

q3 · i? · review · r3

This is the review's social studies domain synthesis, from a single study (Henry, Purtell, et al., 2014) including 6,051 students. The report states: "In the one study, the estimated impact of TFA teachers on social studies achievement was neither statistically significant nor large enough to be substantively important", an indeterminate finding on end-of-course high school assessments.

"In the one study, the estimated impact of TFA teachers on social studies achievement was neither statistically significant nor large enough to be substantively important."

Discussion¶

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