Randomized trials are a common way to provide rigorous evidence on the impacts of education programs. This article … the experience from one such study of Teach for America (TFA). The TFA experiment faced challenges with recruitment … such as the TFA evaluation are challenging but, under the right conditions, are also feasible and potentially very …

, the authors find that TFA teachers had a positive impact on math achievement and no impact on reading achievement. The … instruction. There were no impacts on other outcomes such as attendance, promotion, or disciplinary incidents, but TFA teachers …

schools and describes the experience from one such study of Teach For America (TFA). The article concludes that within …-school random assignment studies such as the TFA evaluation are challenging but may also be feasible and generate useful evidence. …

where they constitute nearly 40 percent of the workforce. © 2014 Association for Education Finance and Policy …

studies educators have undertaken the PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) course offered by the Mauritius Institute … of Education (MIE), which is the leading teacher training institute in the country. This paper explores the relevance of … the social sciences teacher education programme offered by the MIE in preparing secondary school educators to meet the …