An Exploratory Evaluation of the Data from the Pilot Teacher Compensation Survey: School Year 2005–06

This brief publication contains contains a discussion of the experiences with this new data collection--the methodologies employed and problems encountered in reviewing the data. Illustrative summary data from the research and development effort to collect individual salary and demographic data on public school teachers are included. Seven states participated in this effort: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Additional examples of data from full-time public school teachers who teach at only one school were included in the analysis. Median salaries and counts for different groupings by experience, age, race, and gender are presented.

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