
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality National Issue Forum
Resources
Copies of the following publications were distributed during the Issue Forum as suggested readings.
Badolato, V. (2007). Addressing the need for better data on teaching in Colorado—Unique teacher identifier: Stakeholder process report. Denver, CO: Alliance for Quality Teaching.
Center on Education Policy. (2007). Principals for reauthorizing the teacher provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Higher Education Act. Washington, DC: Author.
Clotfelter, C., Ladd, H. F., Vigdor, J., & Wheeler, J. (2007). High-poverty schools and the distribution of teachers and principals (working paper). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
Education Trust-West. (2005). California's hidden teacher spending gap: How state and district budgeting practices shortchange poor and minority students and their schools. Oakland, CA: Author.
Goldhaber, D. (2005). Key attributes of state data systems that allow for sophisticated research on teachers. Chapel Hill, NC: Center for Teaching Quality.
Goe, L. (2006). Revising the equitable distribution component in your state's plan for highly qualified teachers. Washington, DC: National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.
Hamilton, J., Shanley, J., Dailey, D. & McInerney, M. (2003). Providing technical assistance to local school districts: Lessons learned. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research.
Presley, J. B., White, B. R., & Gong, Y. (2005). Examining the distribution and impact of teacher quality in Illinois (Policy Research Report: IERC 2005-2). Edwardsville, IL: Illinois Education Research Council.
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality. (2007). Turning state plans into action (Planning Tool). Washington, DC: Author.
Roza, M., & Hill, P. (2004). How within-district spending inequities help some schools to fail. In Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2004 (pp. 201–218). Washington, DC: The Brookings Institute.
Togneri, W. (2003). Beyond islands of excellence: What districts can do to improve instruction and achievement in all schools—A leadership brief. Washington, DC: Learning First Alliance.
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