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Jaquith, Ann; Mindich, Dan; Wei, Ruth Chung; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Forward (NJ), 2010
This report is the third of a three-phase research study of teacher professional learning opportunities in the United States. In this third phase of the research, the authors conducted case studies of four professionally active states to get a deeper look at the policy frameworks that support professional development in those states. These…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Participation, Accountability, Standards
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Graham, Shawna; Parmer, Randall; Chambers, Lisa; Tourkin, Steven; Lyter, Deanna M. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
The Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) is sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. TFS is a follow-up survey of selected elementary and secondary school teachers who participated in the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching (Occupation)
Ahmed, Susan; Barbett, Samuel; Carr, Peggy; Frase, Mary; Hoffman, Lee; Kasprzyk, Daniel; Kolstad, Andrew; Owings, Jeffrey; Snyder, Tom – 1997
The Task Force on Quality Control of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) was created to study the quality control procedures used for NCES publications and to determine if there are ways to improve the current procedures. Because a detailed review of the entire survey process would have been too time consuming, the Task Force…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Databases, Educational Trends
Englert, Kerry; Barley, Zoe A. – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2008
This study examined differences in nine factors between a group of the highest-performing needs high schools (HPHN) and a group of the lowest performing high-needs (LPHN) high schools using teacher responses from a national dataset. The factors are: (1) shared mission and goals; (2) professional development; (3) collaboration among teachers (4)…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Institutional Mission, Goal Orientation