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National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2010
Teachers are the most important school-related factor for student achievement gains, but evaluation of teacher performance is seldom conducted in any rigorous way. As policymakers call for a better approach to teacher evaluation, the 10-year history of TAP[TM]: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement provides an example of an integrated…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Achievement Gains
Duffett, Ann; Farkas, Steve; Rothertham, Andrew J.; Silva, Elena – Education Sector, 2008
This report presents the results of a survey of 1,010 K-12 public school teachers about their views on the teaching profession, teachers unions, and various reforms aimed at improving teacher quality. It reveals the challenges teachers see in their profession, including weak evaluation processes and a rigid tenure pay system; how teachers feel…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Public School Teachers
Ranguelov, Stanislav; de Coster, Isabelle; Forsthuber, Bernadette; Noorani, Sogol; Ruffio, Philippe – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
This seventh edition of "Key Data on Education in Europe" retains its main special feature which is the combination of statistical data and qualitative information to describe the organisation and functioning of education systems in Europe. The present 2009 edition maintains the subject-based structure defined by the previous one but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Comparative Education, Systems Analysis
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
The statistics presented in Chapter I of this report relate entirely to the public elementary and secondary schools in State school systems, with a few figures included for kindergarten and private elementary and secondary schools. The information contained herein has been furnished by the State offices of education in 48 States, the District of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, State Schools
Foster, Emery M.; Herlihy, Lester B.; Comstock, Lula M.; Isdell, Julia E.; Deffenbaugh, Walter S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This bulletin provides the second chapter of the Biennial Survey of Education, 1930-32, which has been published in separate chapters dealing with a segment only of the educational system. The statistics presented in this report document city public schools for the school year 1931-32. The cities are divided into four population groups on the…
Descriptors: Average Daily Attendance, Expenditures, Urban Schools, Teacher Student Ratio
Foster, Emery M.; Blose, David T.; Deffenbaugh, Walter S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
The statistics presented in this report relate for the most part to the public elementary and secondary schools. In no case have the statistics of colleges, universities, and professional schools been included. A few figures are included, however, for kindergarten and private elementary and secondary schools. The information contained herein was…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Schools, Annual Reports, School Surveys
Foster, Emery M.; Herlihy, Lester B.; Comstock, Lula M.; Isdell, Julia E.; Choate, Blache K.; Smith, Rose Marie; Deffenbaugh, Walter S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
This report presents statistics of city public-school systems for the year 1933-34. It also presents, in connection with the text, data on certain points to show trends within the past 10 years, and especially within the past 4 years when the effects of the depression were being felt by the schools. In previous reports statistics for cities…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Annual Reports, School Surveys, School Statistics