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Information Resources
Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Teachers Homepage
- How to Obtain a PA Teaching Certificate
- Teacher Certification System
- Act 48/Continuing Professional Education
- Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements
- Title II Program Information
- Distinguished Educator Initiative
U.S. Department of Education
- Teacher Quality
- Teachers Homepage
- Revised Highly Qualified Teacher Regulations
- Title II of the Higher Education Act – Homepage
- Title II of the Higher Education Act – Legislation
- Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification
- Letters to States Regarding Good-Faith Efforts in Meeting the Highly Qualified Teachers Goal of NCLB
Education Commission of the States
- NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher and Paraprofessional Database
- Teacher Compensation Online Database
- Teaching Quality Issues Page
National Conference of State Legislatures
Research Resources
- Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy
- National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future
- Center for Teaching Quality
- The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- National Council on Teacher Quality
- National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality
- Institute of Education Sciences-What Works Clearinghouse
Pennsylvania Teachers Unions
- Pennsylvania State Education Association
- American Federation of Teachers – Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
National Teachers Unions
Teacher Preparation
- Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- National Assoc. of Community College Teacher Education Programs
- National Center for Alternative Certification
Teacher Preparation Program Accreditation Organizations
Professional Development
- Online Act 48 Professional Education Programs by Learning Sciences International
- Achieving Student Success Through Excellence in Teaching (ASSET)
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
- National Staff Development Council
Alternatives Paths to Teaching
- National Center for Alternative Certification
- Teach for America
- American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence
Online Teaching Job Searches
- Teaching in Pennsylvania Schools
- Pa-educator.net
- Regional Education Applicant & Placement Program
- National School Applications Network
- U.S. Teach
Teacher Organizations
State Higher Education Executive Officers
Council of Chief State School Officers
Information Resources | Research & Reports
Research & Reports
EPLC Report | Preparation/Certification | Hiring/Recruitment | Induction/Mentoring
Professional Development | Retention | Hard-to-Staff Schools | Highly Qualified
Teacher Assessment | Out-of-Field Teaching | PDE Statistical Reports | Other
Head of the Class: A Quality Teacher in Every Pennsylvania Classroom
The Education Policy and Leadership Center, 2003
The Changing Teacher Preparation Profession
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2013
Teacher Quality 2.0: Special Report 1- From Teacher Education to Student Progress: Teacher Quality Since NCLB
Arnold F. Shober, American Enterprise Institute, Aug 2012
What Teacher Preparation Programs Teach About K-12 Assessment
National Council on Teacher Quality, May 2012
Student Teaching in the United States
National Council on Teacher Quality, July 2011
Improving Student Learning by Supporting Quality Teaching: Key Issues, Effective Strategies
Editorial Projects in Education, Dec 2011
Preparing and Credentialing the Nation’s Teachers: The Secretary’s Eighth Report on Teacher Quality Based on Data Provided for 2008, 2009, 2010
U.S. Department of Education, 2011
Transforming Teacher Education Through Clinical Practice: A National Strategy to Prepare Effective Teachers
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Nov 2010
What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative Certification? We Get More Minority Teachers and Test Scores Rise
Education Next, Winter 2009
Teacher Quality in a Changing Policy Landscape: Improvements in the Teacher Pool
Educational Testing Service, December 2007
Educating School Teachers
Arthur Levine, The Education Schools Project, September 2006
What Education Schools Aren’t Teaching About Reading and What Elementary Teachers Aren’t Learning
National Council on Teacher Quality, May 2006
A Difficult Balance: Incentives and Quality Control in Alternative Certification Programs
Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, September 2005
Instructional Paraprofessional Statistics and Trends
Education Commission of the States, September 2005
Teachers of Tomorrow: Recommendations for the Preparation of Highly Effective Elementary Teachers
PASSHE, April 2005
Preparing and Training Professionals: Comparing Education to Six Other Fields
The Finance Project, 2005
Does Teacher Preparation Matter? Evidence About Teacher Certification, Teach for America, and Teacher Effectiveness
Linda Darling-Hammond, Deborah J. Holtzman, Su Jin Gatlin, and Julian Vasquez Heilig, Stanford University, April 2005
Teachers of Tomorrow: Recommendations for the Preparation of Highly Effective Elementary Teachers
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, April 2005
Alternative Teacher Certification: A State by State Analysis 2005
National Center for Alternative Certification, 2005
Alternative Certification: A Growing Trend to Address the Teacher Shortage
Education Commission of the States, December 2004
Is National Board Certification An Effective Signal of Teacher Quality
Linda Cavalluzzo, The CNA Corporation, November 2004
No Time to Waste: The Vital Role of College and University Leaders in Improving Science and Mathematics Education
Education Commission of the States, October 2004
National Board Certified Teachers and Their Students’ Achievement
Education Policy Analysis Archives, September 2004
The Effects of Teach for America on Students: Findings from a National Evaluation
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 2004
Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation: What Does the Research Say?
Education Commission of the States, 2003
Teacher Education Baccalaureate Degrees at Community Colleges
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
Seamless Pipeline from Two-year to Four-year Institutions for Teacher Training
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
Training for Paraprofessionals: The Community College Role
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
Bachelor’s Degrees Are Best: Higher Qualifications for Pre-Kindergarten Teachers Lead to Better Learning Environments for Children
The Early Education Trust, 2003
Bureau of Teacher Certification and Preparation Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2002-2003
Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2003
Variation in Teacher Preparation: How Well Do Different Pathways Prepare Teachers to Teach
Linda Darling-Hammond, Ruth Chung and Fred Frelow, September 2002
The Effectiveness of ‘Teach for America’ and Other Under-certified Teachers on Student Academic Achievement: A Case of Harmful Public Policy
David Berliner and Ildiko Laczko-Kerr, Arizona State University, September 2002
The Research and Rhetoric on Teacher Certification: A Response to “Teacher Certification Reconsidered”
National Council for Teaching and America’s Future, October 2001
To Touch the Future: Transforming the Way Teachers are Taught: An Action Agenda for College and University Presidents
American Council on Education, October 1999
Teacher Quality and Alternative Certification Programs
National Center for Alternative Certification and the National Center for Education Information, May 1999
Recruitment, Retention and the Minority Teacher Shortage
Consortium for Policy Research in Education, Sept 2011
Teachers and the Uncertain American Future
Center for Innovative Thought, The College Board, July 2006
Unintended Consequences: The Case for Reforming The Staffing Rules in Urban Teachers Union Contracts
The New Teacher Project, November 2005
Elementary/Secondary School Teaching Among Recent College Graduates: 1994 and 2001
National Center for Education Statistics, July 2005
The Quest for Quality: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Philadelphia
Research for Action, April 2005
Lifting Teacher Performance
Progressive Policy Institute, April 2005
Teacher Salary Structure and the Decision to Teach in Public Schools: An Analysis of Recent College Graduates
Center on Reinventing Public Education, February 2005
Philadelphia’s Teacher Hiring and School Assignment Practices: Comparisons with Other Districts
Research for Action, April 2004
From Bystander to Ally: Transforming the District Human Resources Department
Center on Reinventing Public Education, April 2004
Teaching at Risk: A Call to Action
The Teaching Commission, 2004
From the Headlines to the Frontlines: The Teacher Shortage and its Implications for Recruitment Policy
Center on Reinventing Public Education, July 2003
New Teachers’ Experiences of Hiring: Preliminary Findings from a Four-State Study
Edward Liu, Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, April 2003
What Benchmarks Suggest About How Financially Attractive it is to Teach in Public Schools
Center on Reinventing Public Education, March 2003
Survey and Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends
American Federation of Teachers, 2002
Nonprofessional Teacher Recruitment
The Urban Institute, January 2002
State Policy Review: Teacher Induction
New Teacher Center, March 2011
Induction Into Learning Communities
National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, August 2005
The Impact of Mentoring on Teacher Retention: What the Research Says
Richard Ingersoll and Jeffrey M. Kralik, February 2004
A Precarious Balance: How Can We Help Support New Teachers?
Teachers Network Policy Institute
Interim Report on Pennsylvania’s Continuing Professional Education Program
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, November 2012
Linking Teacher Evaluation to Professional Development: Focusing on Improving Teaching and Learning
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, May 2012
Peer Coaching for Improvement of Teaching and Learning
Jean Becker, Teachers Network Policy Institute, March 2010
Improving the Skills and Knowledge of the High School Teachers We Already Have
Education Commission of the States, October 2008
Teacher Professional Development in 1999-2000: What Teachers, Principals, and District Staff Report
National Center for Education Statistics, January 2006
Professional Development for Paraprofessionals Across the States
Education Commission of the States, August 2005
Characteristics of Public School Teachers’ Professional Development Activities: 1999-2000
National Center for Education Statistics, August 2005
Preparing and Training Professionals: Comparing Education to Six Other Fields
The Finance Project, 2005
Inside the Black Box: School District Spending on Professional Development in Education – Lessons from Five Urban Districts
The Finance Project, April 2005
Is National Board Certification an Effective Signal of Teacher Quality?
Linda Cavalluzzo, The CNA Corporation, November 2004
Standards for Online Professional Development
Southern Regional Education Board, September 2004
National Board Certified Teachers and Their Students’ Achievement
Leslie G. Vandevoort, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, and David C. Berliner, Arizona State University, September 2004
Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed?
The Urban Institute, March 2004
The Delivery, Financing, and Assessment of Professional Development in Education: Pre-Service Preparation and In-Service Training
The Finance Project, December 2003
Community Colleges as Professional Development Resources for Working Teachers
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
NBPTS Certification: Who Applies and What Factors Are Associated With Success?
Center on Reinventing Public Education, May 2003
Evaluating Standards-Based Professional Development for Teachers
The Urban Institute, August 2001
Thoughts of Leaving: An Exploration of Why New York Middle School Teachers Consider Leaving Their Classrooms
Aaron M. Pallas & Clare K. Buckley, The Research Alliance for New York City Schools, June 2012
The Irreplaceables: Understanding the Real Retention Crisis in America’s Urban Schools
TNTP, 2012
To Teach or Not to Teach? Teaching Experience and Preparation Among 1992-1993 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients 10 Years After College
National Center for Education Statistics, July 2007
Teacher Attrition: A Costly Loss to the Nation and to the States
Alliance for Excellent Education, August 2005
Private School Teacher Turnover and Teacher Perceptions of School Organizational Characteristics
National Center for Education Statistics, June 2005
The Quest for Quality: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Philadelphia
Research for Action, April 2005
Tapping the Potential: Retaining and Developing High-Quality New Teachers
Alliance for Excellent Education, June 2004
New-Teacher Excellence: Retaining Our Best
Alliance for Excellent Education, December 2002
The Cost of Teacher Turnover
Texas Beginning Educator Support System Initiative, November 2000
Building and Sustaining Talent: Creating Conditions in High-Poverty Schools That Support Effective Teaching and Learning
The Education Trust, June 2012
Closing the Teacher Quality Gap in Philadelphia: New Hope and Old Hurdles
Research for Action, May 2007
The Case for Reforming The Staffing Rules in Urban Teachers Union Contracts
The New Teacher Project, November 2005
A Shared Responsibility: Staffing All High-Poverty, Low-Performing Schools with Effective Teachers and Administrators
Learning First Alliance, May 2005
Qualified Teachers for At-Risk Schools: A National Imperative
National Partnership for Teaching in At-Risk Schools, February 2005
Teacher Perceptions of the Work Environment in Hard-to-Staff Schools
Education Commission of the States, November 2004
Once & For All: Placing A Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Philadelphia Classroom
Research for Action, 2003
Is There Really a Teacher Shortage?
The Consortium for Policy Research in Education, September 2003
Missed Opportunities: How We Keep High-Quality Teachers Out of Urban Schools
The New Teacher Project, September 2003
Higher Pay in Hard-to-Staff Schools: The Case for Financial Incentives
American Association of School Administrators, June 2002
Absence Unexcused: Ending Teacher Shortages
The Urban Institute, January 2002
Implementing the No Child Left Behind Teacher Requirements
Center on Education Policy, August 2007
Meeting the Highly Qualified Teacher Challenge: The Secretary’s Fifth Annual Report on Teacher Quality
U.S. Department of Education, September 2006
Qualifications of Public Secondary School Biology Teachers, 1999-2000
National Center for Education Statistics, June 2005
Searching the Attic: How States are Responding to the Nation’s Goal of Placing a Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom
National Council on Teacher Quality, December 2004
Unfulfilled Promise: Ensuring High Quality Teachers for Our Nation’s Students
Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, August 2004
Special Education: Additional Assistance and Better Coordination Needed among Education Offices to Help States Meet the NCLBA Teacher Requirements
U.S. General Accounting Office, July 2004
Teaching Quality: A 50-State Perspective of Policy Implementation
Education Commission of the States, Spring 2004
Necessary and Insufficient: Resisting a Full Measure of Teacher Quality
The National Council on Teacher Quality, 2004
Meeting NCLB Goals for Highly Qualified Teachers: Estimates by State from Survey Data
Council of Chief State School Officers, October 2003
A Community Action Guide to Teacher Quality
Public Education Network, May 2003
Quality Counts 2003: Ensuring a Highly Qualified Teacher for Every Classroom
Education Week, January 2003
Teacher Evaluations & Student Achievement: A Progress Report
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, December 2012
Value-Added Estimates for Phase 1 of the Pennsylvania Teacher and Principal Evaluation Pilot
Mathmatica Policy Research, April 2012
An Examination of Performance-Based Teacher Evaluation Systems in Five States
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, Feb 2012
Creating a Comprehensive System for Evaluating and Supporting Effective Teaching
Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2012
A Practical Guide to Designing Comprehensive Teacher Evaluation Systems
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, May 2011
State of the States: Trends and Early Lessons on Teacher Evaluation and Effectiveness Policies
National Council on Teacher Quality, Oct 2011
Getting It Right: A Comprehensive Guide to Developing and Sustaining Teacher Evaluation and Support Systems
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, 2011
Getting Teacher Assessment Right: What Policymakers Can Learn from Research
National Education Policy Center, Dec 2010
Using Student Progress to Evaluate Teachers: A Primer on Value-Added Models
Educational Testing Service, September 2005
Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed?
A study from the University of Washington and The Urban Institute, March 2004
Improving Teacher Evaluation to Improve Teaching Quality
National Governors Association, December 2002
Out-of-Field Teaching and the Limits of Teacher Policy
The Consortium for Policy Research in Education, September 2003
All Talk, No Action: Putting an End to Out-of-Field Teaching
The Education Trust, August 2002
Supply and Demand 2001-2006
Bureau of Teacher Quality and Professional Education, PDE, September 2007
Public Schools Professional Personnel
Pennsylvania Department of Education
2011 State Teacher Policy Yearbook: Pennsylvania
National Council on Teacher Quality, Jan 2012
Teacher Effectiveness: The National Picture and Pennsylvania Context
Pennsylvania Clearinghouse for Education Research, Sept 2011
Closing the Teacher Quality Gap in Philadelphia: New Hope and Old Hurdles
Research for Action, April 2007
Investing in Great Teachers for All Students
Governor’s Commission on Training America’s Teachers, August 2006
A Study to Determine the Feasibility and Cost Effectiveness of Placing Public School Employees Under the Commonwealth’s Jurisdiction for the Purposes of Providing Health Benefits
Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, February 2004
Poverty, Race, Resources, Results in the Pittsburgh Public Schools
Pennsylvania Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), April 2003
The Challenge of Ensuring Teacher Quality and Supply
Mid-Atlantic Regional Teachers Project, September 26, 2002
The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Teachers, Parents and the Economy
MetLife, March 2012
2011 State Teacher Policy Yearbook: National Summary
National Council on Teacher Quality, Jan 2012
Rankings & Estimates: Rankings of the States 2011 and Estimates of School Statistics 2012
National Education Association, December 2011
Status of the American Public School Teacher 2005-2006
National Education Association, March 2010
Survey and Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends 2007
American Federation of Teachers, October 2008
2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey and 2004-05 Teacher Follow-Up Survey
National Center for Education Statistics, October 2007
Teaching Inequality: How Poor and Minority Students Are Shortchanged on Teacher Quality
The Education Trust, June 2006
Teacher Qualifications, Instructional Practices, and Reading and Mathematics Gains of Kindergartners
National Center for Education Statistics, March 2006
Diversifying Teacher Compensation
Education Commission of the States and The Teaching Commission, December 2005
Teacher Working Conditions are Student Learning Conditions: A Report to Governor Mike Easley on the 2004 North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey
Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, March 2005
Listening to the Experts: A Report on the 2004 South Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey
Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, March 2005
California’s Hidden Teacher Spending Gap
The Education Trust, 2005
Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results from the Teacher Follow-up Survey, 2000-01
National Center for Education Statistics, August 2004
Status of the American Public School Teacher 2000-2001
National Education Association, August 2003
Teacher Quality: Understanding the Effectiveness of Teacher Attributes
Jennifer King Rice, University of Maryland, August 2003
How Schools Matter: The Link Between Teacher Classroom Practices and Student Academic Performance
Harold Wenglinksy, Educational Testing Service, February 2002
Data Systems to Enhance Teacher Quality
State Higher Education Executive Officers, July 2003
The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: An Examination of School Leadership
MetLife, 2003
Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence
Linda Darling-Hammond, Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, December 1999
No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America’s Children
National Council for Teaching and America’s Future, January 2003
Solving the Dilemmas of Teacher Supply, Demand, and Standards: How We Can Ensure a Competent, Caring, and Qualified Teacher for Every Child
National Council for Teaching and America’s Future, 2000
Teaching for High Standards: What Policymakers Need to Know and Be Able To Do
National Council for Teaching and America’s Future
Toward a Growth Model of Teacher Professionalism
Teachers Network Policy Institute, August 1997
Shared Leadership: School Autonomy and Teacher Accountability
Teachers Network Policy Institute, August 1997
