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Tuesday, July 1, 2008 -- NCTQ announces finalists for national research competition, Help or Hindrance, the impact of teacher rules, roles and rights on teacher quality. |
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 -- NCTQ releases new study on the math preparation of elementary teachers. |
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+ Download Executive Summary |
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+ Read press release |
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New Data on TR3: We've added 50 new districts to the site (for a total of 100 school districts) and the laws affecting teachers from all 50 states. |
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NCTQ's State Teacher Policy Yearbook 2007, a 51-volume encyclopedia with a national summary that takes an unparalleled look at what states are doing to improve teacher quality and laying out a blueprint for reform. |
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+ Download your state report |
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+ Visit the website |
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+ Contact us for help in your state |
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Teacher Rules, Roles and Rights
Explore and compare the intricacies of collective bargaining agreements, board policies, district calendars, salary schedules, benefits packages, and teacher handbooks from the nation's 100 largest school districts and the laws of 50 states. |
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No Common Denominator: The Preparation of Elementary Teachers in Mathematics by America's Education Schools In this second of a series of reports on the quality of teacher preparation, NCTQ looks at how well elementary teachers are prepared in mathematics at a representative sampling of 77 institutions. |
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+ Order the Executive Summary free of charge |
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Alternative Certification Isn't Alternative, a report from NCTQ and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, examines the current realities of alternate routes, originally intended as a fast track way to get talented individuals into teaching. |
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What Education Schools Aren't Teaching About Reading and What Elementary Teachers Aren't Learning
In this groundbreaking report, NCTQ studied a large representative sampling of ed schools to find out what future elementary teachers are--and are not--learning about reading instruction. The report, the most comprehensive of its kind, determined that too many education schools are ignoring some of the principles of good reading instruction. |
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+ Download the Executive Summary or Full Report |
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+ Order the Executive Summary free of charge |
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If Wishes Were Horses: The Reality Behind Teacher Quality Findings
NCTQ urges caution on performance pay. |
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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: The Case Against "Comparability"
Going against the grain, NCTQ asserts that federal efforts to force school districts to achieve full "comparability" and "equitable distribution of teachers" is NOT good for poor kids. |
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Steps that Congress can take to improve teacher quality--without overstepping its bounds
NCTQ's recommendations for teacher quality provisions in NCLB and HEA reauthorizations. |
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