State of the States 2021: Teacher Preparation Policy
March 2021NCTQ examines state policy trends that govern some of the most essential aspects of teacher preparation, from reading and content...
Teacher Prep Review: Program Diversity & Admissions
New data from NCTQ examines the interplay between racial diversity and admissions standards in teacher preparation programs. We present strong evidence that these two considerations need not be competing goals, finding just short of 200 programs that are both contributing to greater teacher diversity and have adequate admissions standards.
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Training + Recruitment
2020 Teacher Prep Review: Clinical Practice and Classroom Management
October 2020Strong preparation requires meaningful practice.
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2020 Teacher Prep Review: Program Performance in Early Reading Instruction
January 2020New data and analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds significant progress on the science of reading instruction...
Staffing
Roll Call 2020
December 2020Teachers remain the most important in-school factor for student learning. The implementation of remote learning reminds us of teachers' preeminent...
Teacher layoff criteria during a pandemic-driven recession
June 2020No district wants to lay off personnel. But if it ought to be done, NCTQ (along with other education researchers...
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A Fair Chance
February 2019In A Fair Chance: Simple steps to strengthen and diversify the teacher workforce, NCTQ analysis reveals both astonishingly high numbers...
Evaluation + Support
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The Four Pillars to Reading Success
June 2020Learning how to read is not something that comes naturally. Many children need instruction from their teachers that follows the...
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State of the States 2019: Teacher and Principal Evaluation Policy
October 2019Since the 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a large number of states have backed away from...
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Making a Difference
October 2018The past decade has been marked by rapid changes in teacher evaluations. While many districts and states announced their intention...
Compensation
Upping the ante: The current state of teacher pay in the nation's large school districts
February 2021As we close in on one year of the COVID-19 lockdown, we examine how resources are being used to recruit...
You don't get what you pay for: paying teachers more for master's degrees
September 2019This month, the District Trendline looks at the role of advanced degrees in how teachers are paid.
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Strategic Teacher Compensation Databurst
May 2018NCTQ's Strategic Teacher Compensation Databurst is a study of states' strategic teacher compensation policies which includes a snapshot of all...