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TQ Resources

Data

Center Drives Effort for Better Teaching Quality Data (BestTQ Vol. 1, No. 5, Sept. 2001)

Data Driven School Reform: The Case of Chattanooga’s Public Education Foundation (BestTQ Vol. 2, No. 2, July 2002)

Data-Driven Schools (Alabama Best Practices Center's Working Toward Excellence newsletter, Summer 2002)

From the Cradle to the Grave: Teacher Certification Data Systems Development (A report for Integration Services Development Team at the Kentucky Department of Education)

Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the Job (A report from the Brookings Institution, April 2006)

Issues Related to Upgrade of the Professional Staff Data System (A report for Integration Services Development Team at the Kentucky Department of Education)

NEA Rankings & Estimates

Teacher Data Infrastructures in Selected Southeastern States: Progress, Problems and Possibilities (By Stephen Clements, Assistant Professor Department of Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation, University of Kentucky)

Teaching Quality Data Systems Roadmap (A virtual tool designed to generate and effectively use a comprehensive system of teacher, student and school information)

The Status of Teaching in the Southeast: Measuring Progress, Moving Forward (February 2003)