Maryland and National Reports

1. Teacher Staffing Report - Maryland State Department of Education (2006-2008)

2. Quality Teacher Workgroup Report- Maryland State Department of Education (2003)

3. PDS Retention Study - Jacob France Institute
    (2006-2007) - DRAFT

4. Tennessean's "Districts to decide teacher incentives" (January 5, 2008)

5. Policy Brief: The High Cost of Teacher Turnover- National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) (June 2007)

6. "Unraveling the 'Teacher Shortage' Problem: Teacher Retention is the Key"- National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) (2002)

7. "Solving the Dilemmas of Teacher Supply, Demand, and Standards: How we can ensure a competent, caring, and qualified teacher for every child"- National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) (2002)

8. Pugach, M., Longwell-Grice, H., Ford, A., & Surma, M.A. (2007). "A Programmatic View of Portfolios for Urban Teacher Preparation." The New Educator. In Press.

9. "Educating School Teachers"- Arthur Levine (2006)

10. National Academy of the Sciences Review of Teacher Preparation Programs (NOT RELEASED YET)

11. An American Imperative - Business Higher Education Forum (2007)

12. "Preparing Teachers Around the World" - Educational Testing Service (ETS) (2003)

13. "America's Perfect Storm"- Educational Testing Service (ETS) (2007)

14. "Unintended Consequences: The Case for Reforming the Staffing Rules in Urban Teachers Union Contracts"- The New Teacher Project(2005)

15. "A Study of the Capacity of Maryland's Teacher Preparation Programs"- Maryland Higher Education Commission (March 2006)

16. "To Teach or Not to Teach? Teaching Experience and Preparation Among 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients 10 Years After College: Statistical Analysis Report"- Institute of Education Sciences of the National Center for Education Statistics, (2007)

17. Education of African American Males Task Force Report (2006)

18. Community colleges and teacher preparation: Roles, Issues and Opportunities (2007)

19. Teachers for a New Era - Carnegie Foundation

20. Update on Transfer Yield and Student Performance Related to AAT Graduates in the USM (2006)

21. National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality and Public Agenda website for the Report:
Lessons Learned: New Teachers Talk About Their Jobs, Challenges and Long-Range Plans (2007)
Direct link to report (PDF) - Download the report

22. The Center for Quality Teaching, NC Teacher Working Conditions Interim Report, October 2006

23. Ad Hoc Committee Report on Teacher Recruitment (2005)

24. National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (NCCTQ), America's Challenge: Effective Teachers for At-Risk Schools and Students
(October 11, 2007)

25. "A National Action Plan for Addressing the Critical Needs of the U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education System" (October 1, 2007) 

26. "The Cost of Underpaying Texas Teachers" (2006)

27. "Center for Teacher Quality-links to State Studies of Teacher Working Conditions"

28. "Working Without a Net: How New Teachers Describe Their First Year on the Job" Public Agenda (2007)
Direct link to report (PDF) - Download the report (1.79 MB)

29. "Reports Renew Debate Over Alternative Preparation" Education Week article by Vaishali Honavar (Dec. 19, 2007)

30. "Working Conditions Trump Pay" Ed Week (Jan. 10, 2008) Dr. Paynter’s Analysis

31. Baltimore Sun article Maryland principals must be ready to lead (January 11, 2008)

32. The Christian Science Monitor's article "A better way to choose a college" (January 10, 2008)

33. A Benefit-Cost Analysis and Five-Year Rate of Return of a Comprehensive Mentoring Program for Beginning Teachers, Anthony Villar and Michael Strong, New Teacher Center, University of California, Santa Cruz, (Summer 2007)

34. Bess Keller. "New Teachers Outdo Peers of Last Decade on Academic Scales" (December 19, 2007)

35. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices "Improving Teaching through Pay for Contribution" (2007)

36. National Governors Association "Innovation America: A Compact for Postsecondary Education"

37. "What Keeps Good Teachers in the Classroom? Understanding and Reducing Teacher Turnover."
Alliance for Excellent Education. Issue Brief (Feb. 2008)

38. Natalia Mielczarek's "Districts to Decide Teacher Incentives: Pay-for-Performance Guidelines are Broad"
The Tennessean (January 5, 2008)

39. Sylvia Allegretto and Sean Corcoran’s "The Teaching Penalty: Teacher Pay Losing Ground" (March 7, 2008)

40. "Final Report and Recommendations of the MD Teacher Staffing Report Advisory Committee" (December, 2007) 

41. MSDE Program Approval and Assessment for Foreign Language and SPED Teachers and Principals  "Certification Assessments Update" (approved Feb. 26, 2008)

42. MSDE "Basic Skills Certification Test Options: Test Adoption and Score Affirmation" (approved Feb. 26, 2008)

43. "National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) 2008 Symposium:  Building a 21st Century Education System" (website 2007)

No Child Left Behind

1. NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Rubric

2. Teacher Quality Section of the USDE NCLB site

Program Approval Documents

3. Teacher Preparation Approval and Accreditation Advisory Committee Final Report (October 2006 - see pages 4-7)