According to this report by The Education Trust, “low-income students, Hispanic students and African-American students in the 50 largest school districts in Texas are less likely to be assigned to fully certified teachers, less likely to be assigned to experienced teachers, and less likely to attend a school with a stable teaching force …

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) recently released their 2008 State Teacher Policy Yearbook. This year’s report focuses on teacher effectiveness. NCTQ gave each state and the District of Columbia a letter grade for (1) identifying effective teachers; (2) retaining effective teachers and (3) “exiting” ineffective teachers-as well as an overall letter grade. Most states received low marks, with 36 (71%) earning an overall grade of “D+” or lower. Ohio was one of six states to receive an overall grade of “C.” Only South Carolina was rated higher, earning a “B-.”

“This report… examines a number of national, state, and local [teacher] evaluation systems.”

This report provides an overview of current pay-for-performance state- and district-level programs.

This report discusses trends in teacher compensation.