found that TFA teachers outperformed non-TFA teachers in the same schools in math and achieved the same results in reading …. However, TFA teachers also reported greater challenges in managing their classrooms. TFA and non-TFA teachers had very … different educational and teacher preparation backgrounds, with TFA teachers generally coming from more competitive …

In 2010, Teach For America (TFA) launched a major expansion effort, funded in part by a five-year Investing in … Innovation (i3) scale-up grant of $50 million from the U.S. Department of Education. This study examines the effectiveness of TFA …