There is significant and growing interest in teacher pay reform as a number of states and localities have begun experimenting with departures from the single salary schedule--a pay system employed in most school districts, which links teacher pay solely to degree and experience level (Chait, 2007; Goldhaber, 2009; Podgursky and Springer, 2007).…

A data set from Colorado's Job Vacancy Surveys was used to examine the effects of firm size on various job vacancy characteristics. Larger firms offered higher wages than smaller firms with similar characteristics and requiring similar education and experience. (Contains 16 endnotes.) (Author/JOW)

This document is a compilation of data collected from the 2001 Colorado Public Library Annual Report sent to each Colorado public library jurisdiction in January of 2002. State totals, grouped by the size of the population served, report data for general information, paid staff in full-time equivalents (FTEs), library funding sources, staff…

This report presents salary data on selected administrative positions from all public higher education institutions, governing boards, and other higher education state-level agencies in Colorado. Table 1 presents, by institutional type, the median and mean salaries for 1994-95, as well as the frequency and range of salaries, for the following…

This publication, part of a continuing series, provides information on teachers and other school personnel with certification in the Colorado public school system. The fall 1994 average salary for the state's 34,894 public school teachers was $34,571, representing a 2.2% increase over the fall 1993 figure. In the same period, the national average…

Seven issues of a newsletter on recent library statistics provide information on Colorado public libraries, librarian and library assistant salaries, materials challenges, school library media centers, and circulation policies. One 1995 library survey compares average public library salaries with and without an American Library Association…

Information is presented about public school teachers and other holders of certificates in Colorado in 1991. The average salary for the 33,093 public school teachers was $33,072, representing a 3.9% increase over the 1990 average salary. This marked the third consecutive year that the average teacher salary in Colorado was below the national…

Information on Colorado's certificated school personnel and related information was gathered from the state's public school districts and Boards of Cooperative Services during fall 1997. This information shows that the fall 1997 average salary for Colorado's 37,840.9 full-time-equivalent (FTE) public school teachers was $37,240, which represented…

Twelve tables present data concerning the salaries and characteristics of school certified personnel in Colorado as of fall 1990. The average salary for Colorado's 32,342 public school teachers was $31,819 in 1990, which represents a slight increase over the 1989 figure ($30,758). The number of classroom teachers had increased slightly to 32,342;…

Information to prepare this publication was collected from Colorado school districts. Tables present data about the certificated personnel and related data for Colorado public schools as of fall 1995. The fall 1995 average salary for the state's 35,387.9 full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers was $35,364, which represented a 2.3% increase over the…

Information about certificated personnel and their characteristics was collected from Colorado's public school districts and Boards of Cooperative Services during fall 1992. This information is presented in a series of tables, with highlights summarized in an introduction. The fall average salary for public school teachers, $33,541, represented a…

The school-to-work transition of high school and community college vocational program completers in 1990-1992 was examined by analyzing administrative records and employment and earnings data of vocational program completers from state education agencies in Colorado, Florida, Missouri, and Washington. A consistently high percentage of vocational…

This report is the fifth in a series that measures performance of Colorado college students and the state's higher education system. The data are presented at the system level, and cover finances, students, and graduates, and are broken down into the following sectors: public institution totals; a state summary, and then separately by research…