Teach For America teachers had no impacts on other outcomes such as attendance, promotion, or disciplinary incidents¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2006 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The randomized experiment found no impacts of TFA teachers on attendance, promotion, or disciplinary incidents. → Steven Glazerman 2006

Evidence¶

Steven Glazerman 2006¶

Steven Glazerman, Daniel Mayer, Paul Decker. (2006). Alternative Routes to Teaching: The Impacts of Teach For America on Student Achievement and Other Outcomes. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 25, no. 1. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/alternative-routes-to-teaching-the-impacts-of-teach-for-america-on-student-achievement-and-other-outcomes doi:10.1002/pam.20157

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Randomized experiment examining student achievement and other outcomes. The study reports "no impacts on other outcomes such as attendance, promotion, or disciplinary incidents"; no effect sizes are printed for these outcomes.

"There were no impacts on other outcomes such as attendance, promotion, or disciplinary incidents, but TFA teachers were more likely than their peers to report problems with student behavior."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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