Secondary math students taught by Teach For America teachers outperformed peers taught by traditional-route teachers by 0.06 standard deviations¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q3 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i0 Students of secondary math teachers from Teach For America outperformed peers taught by teachers from traditional routes by 0.06 standard deviations, equivalent to an additional 2.2 months of school. → Melissa Clark 2013

Evidence¶

Melissa Clark 2013¶

Melissa Clark, Sheena McConnell, Jill Constantine, Hanley Chiang. (2013). Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools: Lessons from Two Institute of Education Sciences Studies. NCEE Evaluation Brief, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/

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IES evaluation study comparison of student test scores for secondary math teachers entering via Teach For America versus traditional routes, as summarized in this brief. The brief reports the advantage as "0.06 standard deviations, or the equivalent of an additional 2.2 months of school."

"Students of secondary math teachers from Teach For America outperformed their peers taught by teachers from traditional routes by 0.06 standard deviations, or the equivalent of an additional 2.2 months of school."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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