Teachers certified through Teach for America and Lipscomb University in Nashville outperform veteran teachers, according to the state card on teacher training released Tuesday.
The report, produced by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, shows which of the state's teacher programs tend to produce highly effective teachers and which do not.
Teach for America in Memphis and Nashville outshone traditional college programs and alternative certification programs statewide.
In Memphis, where TFA members make up 3 percent of the city schools faculty, the teachers showed "statistically significant positive difference" over both veteran and new