The Effects of Teach For America on Students: Findings from a National Evaluation

Paul T. Decker, Daniel P. Mayer and Steven Glazerman

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Abstract: Students of Teach For America teachers outscored their schoolmates on math achievement tests, and matched their average performance in reading, according to the findings from the first national evaluation of the impact of TFA teachers on student learning.

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