Reports

Special Education Personnel

• Principals and Special Education: The Critical Role of School Leaders (PDF)
  Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE), 2003
  

• A High-Quality Teacher for Every Classroom (PDF)
  Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE), 2002

• Beginning Special Educators: Characteristics, Qualifications, and Experiences (PDF)
  Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE), 2002

• Twenty-Fourth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of IDEA
  Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Annual Report made to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 2002
  
  
• Proceedings of the National Symposium: Policy and Practice to Ensure High Quality Teachers for Children and Youth with Disabilities
  National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education, 2001
  
  
• Educator Supply and Demand in the United States (PDF)
  American Association for Employment in Education, 2000
  
  
• Who's Teaching Our Children with Disabilities? (PDF)
  National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education, 1997

Educator Preparation/Schooling

• Special Education Teachers
  U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002



• Who Prepares Your Teachers? - The Debate over Alternative Certification (PDF)
  American Association of School Administrators (AASA), 2002



• Local Administrators Role in Promoting Teacher Quality
  Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE), 2002



• Title II Reports on the Quality of Teacher Preparation (PDF)
  Office of Post-Secondary Education (OPE), 2002



• Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2000 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 1999-2000
  National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2001

Educator Recruitment and Retention

• Missed Opportunities: How We Keep High-Quality Teachers Out of Urban Classrooms (PDF) The New Teacher Project, 2003



• No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children - Full Report (PDF)
  Summary Report is also available (PDF)
  National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, January, 2003



• Recruiting and Retaining High-Quality Teachers
  Study for Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE), 2002



• The Challenge of Attracting Good Teachers and Principals to Struggling Schools (PDF)
  American Association of School Administrators (AASA), 2002



• Survey Results: Findings Related to Recruiting Special Education Personnel (PDF)
  Oregon Special Education Recruitment and Retention Project, 2002



• A Blueprint to Recruit and Retain Special Education Teachers
  Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), CEC Today, Volume 9 NO. 2, August 2002



• The Teacher Shortage: A Case of Wrong Diagnosis and Wrong Prescription
  by Richard Ingersoll, NASSP Bulletin, Volume 86 NO. 631, June 2002



• Teacher Turnover and Teacher Shortages: an Organizational Analysis
  by Richard Ingersoll, American Educational Research Journal, Fall 2001



• Teacher Turnover, Teacher Shortages, and the Organization of Schools (PDF)
  by Richard Ingersoll, Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy Research Report,
  January 2001



• The Cost of Teacher Turnover (PDF)
  Texas Center for Educational Research, 2000



• Recruiting New Teachers - The Urban Teacher Challenge
  Recruiting New Teachers Inc., 2000