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National Council on Teacher Quality, 2025
Despite enacting well-intentioned policies to improve teacher recruitment and retention, many states continue to face significant staffing challenges, particularly in high-need schools and hard-to-staff subjects such as math, science, and special education. Two years ago, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) set out to explore the…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment, Data Collection, Information Management
Jabour, Abdulrahman M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Introduction: Cancer registries collect tumor-related data to monitor incident rates and support population-based research. A common concern with using population-based registry data for research is reporting timeliness. Data timeliness have been recognized as an important data characteristic by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Descriptors: Cancer, Data Collection, Information Management, Databases
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Goetze, Linda D. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2001
This response to an article evaluating Indiana's early intervention service delivery (EC 628 669) notes additional important aspects such as the central finance model used, the value of the Indiana data system in tracking the amount and type of services provided, the incentive provided to complete all the Individual Family Service Plan data…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Databases, Delivery Systems
Thompson, Terry J.; Gould, Karen J. – School Administrator, 2005
In recent years the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township in Indianapolis has been awash in data. In attempts to improve levels of student achievement, the authors collected all manner of statistical details about students and schools and attempted to perform data analysis as part of the school improvement process. The authors were never…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Data Analysis, Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement
Ma, Xuan; And Others – 1995
This guide presents an introduction to the basics about data collection and discusses the uses of data in daily work. The emphasis is on youth programs in Indiana, but the information is useful for programs in other states. Ways in which program planners and advocacy activists can use data are described, and local, state, and national resources…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2008
This report presents the Indiana edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2008 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook." The 2008 "Yearbook" focuses on how state policies impact the retention of effective new teachers. This policy evaluation is broken down into three areas that encompass 15 goals. Broadly, these goals…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Competencies, State Government, Government Role