The organization takes a holistic approach to selection, rather than «using a blunt instrument like cut scores on Praxis or
content exams, which can dramatically impact diversity in a negative way,» says Anne Mahle, who currently serves as senior vice president for public partnerships but led recruitment for many years.149 Although the average GPA of corps members is 3.42, TFA maintains a relatively low cutoff requirement of 2.5 and
instead places greater emphasis on candidate evaluations designed to measure characteristics that TFA's research has shown its most effective teachers share.