The "2011 Superintendent's Briefing Book" provides comprehensive yet concise overviews of the best thinking available on a wide range of top-priority PreK-12 education concerns. This resource will prove invaluable in making research-based decisions with confidence, and in identifying programs and practices that will improve student achievement.…

Salary and fringe benefit data for faculty at California State University and the University of California are examined, with projections of the salaries required for parity with their comparison institutions for 1988-89. Average faculty salaries for each rank, from instructor through professor, are presented, as well as averages across ranks.…

The Unified Classification and Compensation Plan of the Dade County (Florida) Public Schools consists of four interdependent activities that include: (1) developing and maintaining accurate job descriptions, (2) conducting evaluations that recommend job worth and grade, (3) developing and maintaining rates of compensation for job values, and (4)…

Information is summarized about the compensation of 23,530 faculty members, based on data provided by 108 medical schools participating in the thirteenth annual faculty salary survey by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Data are included for "geographic full-time" as well as "strict full-time" faculty. (LBH)

This report presents the most recent salary and benefits data available for the U.S. child care workforce. Data for average wages for preschool teachers and child care workers are presented for each state. A graph comparing median hourly wages between child care jobs and other occupations is also included. Appendix 1 of the report presents:…

This report compiles the most recent salary and benefits data available for the U.S. Child care workforce. Data for average wages of preschool teachers and child care workers are presented for each state. Comparisons between median hourly wages for child care jobs and other occupations are presented graphically. Initiatives at the federal, state,…

A recent report published by the National Center on Performance Incentives (NCPI) presents findings from the second-year of a multi-year evaluation of the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program, a statewide educator incentive program that operated in Texas. As part of this larger study, evaluators examined how participation in the TEEG…

In Fall 2007, AISD conducted a survey of four general topics: attachment to teaching, compensation, mentoring for new teachers, and professional development. Results are presented regarding the importance of these factors to teacher retention. [For report II, see ED628048.]

"Hopes, Fears, & Reality" was conceived as an annual exercise in providing objective evidence about what was going on in charter schools, how well they were doing, where they needed to improve, and what could be learned from the research on these new kinds of public schools. This is the third of these reports. Essays in the 2005 volume pointed to…

This paper provides a synthesis of literature pertaining to differentials in earnings between male and female teachers at the elementary, secondary, and higher levels of education. In addition to sex discrimination, other factors of unequal compensation are examined, some of which include teaching experience, educational preparation, teacher…

This report addresses Washington State's historical and current information regarding salary increments for college faculty, salary disparity among postsecondary institutions and within institutional departments, and performance-based compensation plans for college faculty. Included among the report's findings are the following items: (1)…

This report contains detailed data on average salaries in the comparison institutions of the University of California and the California State University. It analyzes raw data submitted by comparison institutions for the University and State University and then provides a detailed written analysis of faculty salary parity computations. It is noted…

A study was done to determine whether administrator salaries in 14 Ohio school districts were a reflection of administrator responsibilities or of length of service, and to find what factors accounted for salary differentials. Although previous research suggests factors for assigning value to administrative positions, traditional salary structures…

Salary information for faculty and deans of accredited colleges of pharmacy is presented in this annual survey prepared by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Data are based on responses collected for the academic year 1978-1979. Salary data for faculty remunerated on the calendar (10 or 12 month appointment) and the academic (9 or…

Focuses chiefly on compensation as a means of improving the quality and increasing the supply of public school teachers. Recommends variety and flexibility in the forms of compensation as means of recruiting new, high-quality teachers and retaining existing teachers. (DR)