In recent decades, federal, state, and local policies have demonstrated renewed efforts to
address the concerns of both teacher quality and quantity, resulting in initiatives to attract …

The purpose of this study was to develop best practice standards for hiring public school
teachers. This standard was developed from the available literature on recruiting, screening …

The Philadelphia public school system, along with other US school districts, is under intense
pressure to hire qualified teachers expeditiously and to insure that staff in the neediest …

As we enter the twenty-first century, a variety of forces—calls for higher academic
achievement for all children, demands for accountability of educational institutions and …

Decades of research on the determinants of student achievement make it clear that high
quality teachers matter for student success. Despite the recent focus on teacher quality …

Background/Context There is an extensive body of research on school and student
characteristics associated with teacher career decisions that has contributed greatly to our …

• Teachers with better grades in college tend to have higher classroom observational
ratings, are more likely to persist past the first year in the school in which they are placed …

Much attention has been given to increasing the supply of qualified teachers to meet the
forecasted demand for teachers, which is expected to exceed two million over the next …