(Name-mce) ListServ MISSING THE MARK: STATES' TEACHER-EQUITY PLANS FALL SHORT

[Villanueva Anselmo]

August 10, 2006

 

CONTACT:  Claire Campbell 202.293.1217 x351

MISSING THE MARK: STATES' TEACHER-EQUITY PLANS FALL SHORT

 

(Washington, D.C.) - A new Education Trust analysis of teacher-equity
plans prepared by all 50 states and the District of Columbia finds that
most states failed to properly analyze data that would determine whether
poor and minority children get more than their fair share of
unqualified, inexperienced, and out-of-field teachers. Only two states,
Nevada and Ohio, fully complied with the requirements and offered
specific plans to remedy inequities.

 

To download the full report, go to http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust/