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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Highly-Qualified Teachers Minus Teacher Certification="Highly-Qua...
In a message dated 5/6/2006 7:34:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, jhorn@monmouth.edu writes: ... Controlling for teacher experience, degrees, and student characteristics, uncertified TFA recruits are less effective than certified teachers, and perform about as well as other uncertified teachers. TFA recruits who become certified after 2 or 3 years do about as well as other certified teachers in supporting student achievement gains; however, nearly all of them leave within three years. Teachers' effectiveness appears strongly related to the preparation they have received for teaching.... _____________________________________________ This isn't a particularly strong comparison of the effectiveness of "uncertified" teachers because, among other reasons, the "uncertified" teachers it studies are TFA recruits - who are typically new graduates and may not be typical of "uncertified" teachers are all. Art
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