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Backes, Ben; Hansen, Michael; Xu, Zeyu; Brady, Victoria – Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
This article examines Teach For America's (TFA) placement strategy in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, in which large numbers of TFA corps members are placed as clusters into a targeted set of disadvantaged schools, to investigate whether the large-scale infusion of TFA corps members into these schools induced broader improvements across the…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Public School Teachers, Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Placement
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Feng, Li; Sass, Tim R. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Staffing problems are pervasive in certain subject areas, such as secondary math and science and special education, where the combination of training requirements and relatively high alternative wages makes it difficult to attract and retain high-quality teachers. This project evaluated the impacts of the Florida Critical Teacher Shortage Program…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, Intervention
Froman, Terry; Brown, Shelly – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2009
References to FCAT results dominate the appraisal of students, schools, and districts. Yet, with all these reports of scores and grades it is not easy to spot extraordinary performance. It is the purpose of this paper to introduce Performance Flags--a new look to FCAT statistics that can help Miami-Dade district in the simple and speedy detection…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Academic Achievement, High Achievement, Local Norms