Increasing Awareness and Measuring Our Progress: Speeches and Statistical Studies

As we raise our expectations for student learning, we must raise the awareness of educators, policymakers, and the public about the importance of good teaching. Research that measures our progress will tell us how much we have improved and what remains to be done.

• Eliminating Barriers to Improving Teaching PDF or MS Word format.
  This information kit, designed for state and other policymakers, builds on A Talented, Dedicated, Well-Prepared Teacher in Every Classroom. Offering a candid look into the root causes of our teacher quality challenges, this resource identifies policies and practices that are often barriers to improved teaching, and provides promising examples of steps that communities are implementing to overcome these barriers.
  

• Designing Effective Professional Development: Lessons from the Eisenhower Professional Development Program
  Describes portfolios of Eisenhower activities and program operations, as well as the quality and self-reported effects of teachers' experiences in Eisenhower activities. This is the second publication from the congressionally mandated National Evaluation of the Eisenhower Professional Program that is being conducted under contract by the American Institutes for Research (AIR).
  

• Information Kit on the Importance of Investing in Teaching
  An information kit designed for educators and policymakers who want to speak out publicly about the importance of investing in teaching in America. It provides information—including charts and graphs—about the state of the nation's teaching force, coming challenges, national efforts to improve teacher quality, next steps for communities, and contact information.
  

• The Sixth Annual State of American Education Address : given by Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, February 16, 1999
• NCES Press Conference: The Release of the Teacher Quality Report: given by Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, January 28, 1999
• Teacher Quality Report

NCES survey of 4,094 full time public school teachers on several indicators of teacher quality such as preservice learning and teaching assignment, professional development opportunities, work environment, and teachers' feelings of preparedness.
• Assessment and Teacher Quality

A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study that will examine existing assessments used for teacher licensure and recommend better ways of assessing teacher quality. The committee's work will proceed in two stages: in the first stage, the committee will critically analyze tests currently in use to license new teachers; in the second, the committee will explore possible alternative methods of measuring the quality of new teachers.

• Annual Back to School Address: The Challenge for America: A High Quality Teacher in Every Classroom: given by Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, September 15, 1998
• Job Satisfaction Among America's Teachers: Effects of Workplace Conditions, Background Characteristics, and Teacher Compensation

NCES Statistical Analysis Report—1997.
• NCES Reports and Surveys on Teacher Preparation and Professional Development

Listing of available reports and surveys from NCES.
• NCES Reports and Surveys on Teacher Salaries

Listing of available reports and surveys from NCES.
• NCES Reports and Surveys on Teacher Supply and Demand

Listing of available reports and surveys from NCES.

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