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Teacher Quality Initiative

Data Collection Framework

View 2: Distribution—How Are These Characteristics Distributed to Different Kinds of Schools, Students, and Programs?
Guiding Questions

What is the number and percentage of teachers in each of the groups listed below?

How does each of the following groups rate on the various measures listed in View One?

How have each of the following groups' ratings on those measures changed over time?


Possible Subgroups To Imagine

Teachers at schools at different levels of performance on official assessments

Teachers at schools within each of the four quartiles of proportion of minority students

Teachers at schools within each of the four quartiles of proportion of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch

Teachers at special categories of schools (e.g. magnet schools, charter schools, alternative schools)

Teachers of sub-populations of students within schools (e.g. special needs, gifted and talented, limited English proficiency, AP, remedial, vocational)


Proceed to View 3: Flow—What Are the Characteristics of Teachers Entering, Leaving, and Moving Within the System?

The Big Picture

Distribution

Flow

Structure and Process

Community

 

You may also download a Microsoft Word version of the entire data-collection framework document.