Are principals satisfied with the performance of corps members?
In a survey conducted by the research firm Policy Studies Associates, principals who manage Teach For America teachers overwhelmingly report a high level of satisfaction with them, including that they are well prepared, and that they have a significant and positive impact on their schools and on student achievement. Nearly all principals (93 percent) report that corps members’ training is at least as good as the training of other beginning teachers. Moreover, nearly two-thirds of principals (63 percent) rate Teach For America corps members’ training as better than that of other beginning teachers, while 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. View detailed results of 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 on student achievement. In the most rigorous independent evaluation to date, Mathematica Policy Research concluded that corps members effect greater gains in student achievement than typically expected in a year, and greater gains even than veteran and certified teachers in the same schools. Learn more about the conclusions of the Mathematica study.
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