Provides a national profile on teachers' education, participation in formal professional development and collaboration, and feelings of preparedness for various classroom demands. Data, which are from two surveys from the Fast Response Survey System, allow comparisons between 1998 and 2000. (Author/SLD)

The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…