The Impact of Same-Race Teach For America Teachers on Student Outcomes (Poster 39)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Five
  In Poster Session: Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education SIG Poster Session

Abstract

Given the body of literature exploring the effects of race/ethnicity matching on student achievement in conjunction with the policy recommendations for recruitment of teachers of color, it follows that one of the country’s largest suppliers of minority teachers for high-needs schools (Teach For America; TFA) needs studying to determine if differential matching effects exist for these teachers and their students. This study began to fill this gap by examining the impact of race/ethnicity matching on student achievement as well as interaction effects based on teacher affiliation status with TFA. Preliminary results indicated that the main effect of matching was significant only for reading, whereas the interaction between matching and TFA affiliation was significant only for mathematics at sixth grade.

Authors

• Yusuf Kara, Southern Methodist University
  Presenting Author

• Julia Hujar, Southern Methodist University
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• Dylan E. Farmer, Southern Methodist University
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• Amy Nasr, Teach For America, Inc.
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• Grant Van Eaton, Teach For America
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• Annie Wright, Southern Methodist University
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• Becky A. Smerdon, Teach For America
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