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First-Year Teachers

By Mary C. Breaden — November 06, 2007 1 min read
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America’s Challenge: Effective Teachers For At-Risk Schools and Students

Nearly 80 percent of first-year teachers would support the use of money to hire effective administrators over their own salary increases, says from the Washington-based National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, a U.S. Department of 91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ-funded nonprofit that evaluates teacher quality.

This biennial report also found that 86 percent of new teachers feel that conducting mandatory assessments of students is a drawback to teaching, and 84 percent of teachers are in favor of making it easier to fire unmotivated or unqualified teachers. The results of this national study were based on a survey of 865 first-year teachers in high-need schools.

A version of this article appeared in the November 07, 2007 edition of 91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ Week

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