For this year's Primary Sources: America's Teachers on the Teaching Profession, Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation interviewed 10,000 teachers about their schools and classrooms, about student and teacher performance and about the ways it should be evaluated, supported, and rewarded. Teachers shared their accomplishments and their worries, their hopes for their students and their frustrations
Teachers: How well do you know your colleagues? Are your opinions aligned with theirs? Here is a quiz to find out! We will ask you ten questions based on the findings from Primary Sources 2012.
Ninety-two percent
Eighty-seven percent
Sixty-five percent
Fifty-eight percent
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Effective and engaged principals and building level leaders
Reducing class sizes
More family involvement and support
Teaching resources to help differentiate instruction
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Formative, ongoing assessment
State-required standardized texts
Tests from textbooks
Performance on class assignments
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10 hours, 40 minutes
12 hours, 10 minutes
9 hours, 30 minutes
8 hours, 20 minutes
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Pay tied to teacher performance
More family involvement in students' education
Supportive leadership
Opportunity for additional responsibilities and advancement
Access to high-quality curriculum and teaching resources
Higher Salaries
More help for students who have behavioral or other problems that interfere with learning
More automony for teachers
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Three or fewer years
4-5 years
6-9 years
10 or more years
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True
False
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Increased
Decreased
Stayed the Same
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69 percent
79 percent
89 percent
99 percent
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English Language Learners
Special Education Students
Students with Behavioral Issues
Gifted and Talented Students
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