Alternative Routes to Teaching: The Impacts of Teach For America on Student Achievement and Other Outcomes

Steven Glazerman, Daniel Mayer and Paul Decker

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Abstract: Based on a randomized experiment to study the impact of Teach For America on student achievement and other outcomes, the authors find that TFA teachers had a positive impact on math achievement and no impact on reading achievement.

Keywords: Teach For America; student achievement; alternative teacher preparation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
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