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Bobby W. Chung; Jian Zou – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
The debate on the stringency of licensure exams for prospective public school teachers is on-going, including the recent controversial roll-out of the educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA). We leverage the quasi-experimental setting of different adoption timing by states and analyze multiple data sources containing a national sample of…
Descriptors: Licensing Examinations (Professions), Teacher Supply and Demand, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
Sutton, Leah – Hunt Institute, 2016
As policymakers endeavor to address the teacher shortage as a whole, they should also consider the research around teacher diversity and explore policies that aim to increase the achievement of minority students. This issue of "coNCepts" examines the diversity gap in North Carolina and highlights the need for a strategic solution that…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Diversity (Faculty), Barriers, Teacher Recruitment
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DeAngelis, Karen J. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
Research shows that one-quarter to one-third of teachers who leave the profession return, the majority after only a short absence. Though returning teachers can constitute a substantial share of newly hired teachers in schools each year, little is known about them, the factors associated with their decisions to return, or the schools to which…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Career Change, Career Choice, Teacher Attitudes
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2014
The "Annual Joint Report on Pre-Kindergarten through Higher Education in Tennessee" complies with the requirements established in T.C.A. Section 49-1-302(a)(10). The act directs the State Board of Education and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to provide a report to the Governor and General Assembly, all public schools, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation
Blank, Rolf K.; Gruebel, Doreen – 1993
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is helping develop a system of state-by-state and national indicators of the condition of science and mathematics education in an effort to assist local, state, and national policymakers in making informed decisions. The report, "State Indicators of Science and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators