Check out the following highlights from the latest NSTA Express newsletter.
Take the NSTA Survey: Differential Pay, Yes or No?
Getting and keeping highly qualified science teachers in the classroom is a huge challenge for many districts that are often competing with local businesses and industry for talented educators with science backgrounds. Other districts are considering or actually experimenting with teacher compensation models to attract science teachers, such as differential pay, which would pay teachers for working in hard-to-staff subjects (like science).
Take the NSTA survey (one question!) on differential pay.
How is the Nation Really Doing in Science?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report for Science will be discussed in detail in a web seminar on January 25, 2011. The NAEP reports, also known as “The Nation’s Report Card” is the largest and most accurate representation of student progress. With the nation struggling to improve science education, this year's report is significant as educators and policy makers look for ways to increase student achievement. The seminar will cover the national and state findings and discuss results for the largest urban districts in the country. This seminar will also demonstrate how the online report tools can help teachers understand more about student learning.
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is teaming up with NSTA to conduct the web seminar, and Arnold Goldstein, Program Director for Design, Analysis, and Reporting in the Assessment Division, will lead attendees through the fundamentals of the report and highlight differences in students’ performance based on demographic characteristics.
For more information and to register, go to the NSTA Learning Center.
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