{"title":"The Effects of High-Performing, High-Turnover Teachers on Long-Run Student Achievement: Evidence From Teach For America","authors":"Virginia S. Lovison","doi":"10.3102/01623737241238017","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"An increasing share of new teachers participate in alternative preparation programs. A fundamental question is what effect these programs have on long-run student achievement. To address this question, I study Teach For America (TFA) teachers working in New York City (NYC). I first estimate within-teacher returns to experience and find that TFA alumni teachers improve at double the rate of the average NYC teacher over their first 5 years in the classroom. I then model the joint relationship between turnover and performance over time. The results suggest that the net effect of TFA hiring on long-run student achievement is positive, despite the regular churn within the TFA workforce.","PeriodicalId":508380,"journal":{"name":"Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis","volume":" 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737241238017","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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An increasing share of new teachers participate in alternative preparation programs. A fundamental question is what effect these programs have on long-run student achievement. To address this question, I study Teach For America (TFA) teachers working in New York City (NYC). I first estimate within-teacher returns to experience and find that TFA alumni teachers improve at double the rate of the average NYC teacher over their first 5 years in the classroom. I then model the joint relationship between turnover and performance over time. The results suggest that the net effect of TFA hiring on long-run student achievement is positive, despite the regular churn within the TFA workforce.