Teacher Supply, Demand, and Quality: Policy Issues, Models, and Data Bases Book

	Contributing Authors
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Introduction	1
	Introductory Remarks	3
	Conference Background	7
	The NCES Perspective	9
	Choosing Teachers and Choosing to Teach	12
Pt. II	Summary	19
	Summary of Conference Proceedings	21
	Overview of Teacher Supply, Demand, and Shortage	24
	Teacher Quality: A Major Policy Issue	32
	TSDQ Projection Models	43
	Teacher Data Bases	53
	General Suggestions for Action	60
Pt. III	Policy Issues	63
	The Problem of Improving Teacher Quality While Balancing Supply and Demand	65
	Policy Efforts to Improve the Supply of Quality Teachers	69
	Supply of Quality Credentials	71
	Supply of Teachers with High Tested Ability	77
	Supply of Demographically Representative Teachers	82
	Supply as a Function of the Quality of Professional Lives of Teachers	87
	Supply of High-Quality Classroom Teaching Practice	92
	Discussion	109
	Discussion	117
	General Discussion	123
Pt. IV	Models	127
	Models for Projecting Teacher Supply, Demand, and Quality: An Assessment of the State of the Art	129
	Models of the Demand for Teachers	132
	Models of the Supply of Retained Teachers	148
	Models of the Supply of Entering Teachers and the Supply-Demand Balance	179
	Overview: The State of the Art and Prospects for Improvement	199
	Discussion	210
	Discussion	217
	General Discussion	222
Pt. V	Data Bases	225
	State Data on Teacher Supply, Equity, and Qualifications	227
	Breadth of State Data on Teachers	228
	Quality and Timeliness of Teacher Data	230
	Linked Teacher Data from States	232
	Example of Uses of State Data for National Analyses	232
	Developing a Regional Data Base on Educators in the Northeast: Problems, Products, and Prospects	242
	Data Collection and Data Processing	243
	Utility of Administrative Data for Educator Supply, Demand, and Quality Models	246
	Prospects for the Northeast Regional Data Base	248
	Overview and Discussion of National Data Bases Relevant to Teacher Supply, Demand, and Quality	253
	Who Will Teach?	262
	Who Prepares to Teach	262
	Who Enters Teaching	265
	How Long Teachers Stay in Teaching	265
	Who Returns to Teaching	268
	Discussion: Teacher Supply and Demand Research With State Data Bases	271
	General Discussion	281
Pt. VI	Conclusion	285
	Directions for the Future	287
	Appendixes	291
	A : Conference Agenda and Attendees	293
	B : National Data Bases Related to Teacher Supply. Demand, and Quality	299
	C : Teacher Supply, Demand, and Quality Variables: National Data Base Sources	318