Are principals satisfied with the performance of corps members?
In an annual survey of principals who manage Teach For America teachers, two out of three principals (63 percent) rated corps members’ training as better than that of other beginning teachers. Moreover, nearly all principals (95 percent) regard Teach For America teachers as effective as, if not more effective than, other beginning teachers in terms of overall performance and impact on student achievement. [Policy Studies Associates, 2007]
Read more about this survey and learn more about the impact that corps members are making.
How do you know corps members are impacting student achievement?
Teach For America actively seeks evaluations of the impact of our corps members, and a growing body of external research shows that corps members have a positive impact on their students’ achievement.
A recent Urban Institute study of Teach For America in high schools found that corps members have a positive impact on student achievement relative to other teachers, including those who are fully certified in their subject areas. The study found that the incremental impact of having a Teach For America corps member is three times the incremental impact of having a teacher with three or more years of experience. [The Urban Institute/CALDER, 2008]
The most methodologically rigorous study to date found that corps members have a greater impact on student achievement than even the veteran and certified teachers in their schools. (Mathematica Policy Research, 2004) Read more about these studies.
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