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Reports & Studies on Education in California: Teachers

The Status of the Teaching Profession: Research Findings and Policy Recommendations. A Report to the Teaching and California's Future Task Force
Patrick Shields, et al., The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, 1999

• Year 2000 Update - Summary Report (PDF-14 pp)
  
• Year 2000 Update - Full Report (PDF-61 pp)
  
• Year 2001 Update - Summary Report (PDF-16 pp)
• Year 2001 Update - Full Report (PDF-207 pp)

Good Teaching Matters...A Lot (PDF-16 pp)
Kati Haycock, The Education Trust, Inc., Thinking K-16 (Vol. 3, No. 2), Summer 1998

Learning...Teaching...Leading...: Report of the Professional Development Task Force (PDF-87 pp)
Professional Development Task Force, California Department of Education, 2001

Qualified Teachers for All California Students: Current Issues in Recruitment, Retention, Preparation, and Professional Development (PDF-73 pp)
Chloe Bullard, California Research Bureau, California State Library, 1998

Teach Our Children Well
Little Hoover Commission, 2001

Crucial Issues in California Education (Executive Summary) (PDF-10 pp)
E. Burr, G. Hayward, B. Fuller and M. Kirst, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)

California's Future: Highly Qualified Teachers for All Students
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 1997

Teachers Meeting Standards for Professional Certification in California: First Annual Report
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2000

Doing What Matters Most: Investing in Quality Teaching (PDF-24 pp)
California Education Policy Seminar and CSU Institute for Education Reform, 1998

Pipeline to the Future: A Statewide Teacher Recruitment Plan for California
California Education Policy Seminar and CSU Institute for Education Reform, 1997

A State of Emergency...in a State of Emergency Teachers
CSU Institute for Education Reform, 1996

Teachers and Teaching: Recommendations for Policy Makers (PDF-11 pp)
California Education Policy Seminar, 1994

Creating Crisis: How California Teaching Policies Aggravate Racial Inequality in Public Schools
Applied Research Center, 1999

What We Have Learned About Class Size Reduction in California (Capstone Report) (PDF-59 pp)
G.W. Bohrnstedt and B.M. Stecher (Edrs.), CSR Research Consortium (pub. by California Department of Education), 2002

Class Size Reduction (Policy Brief) (PDF-24 pp)
Joel Schwartz, Legislative Analyst's Office, 1997

Class Size Reduction: A First Look at implementation (PDF-4 pp)
Legislative Analyst's Office, California Update, Dec. 1996

Reducing Class Size: A Review of the Literature and Options for Consideration
David Illig, California Research Bureau, California State Library, 1996