Teacher Attrition & Diversity Highlighted in New Report

A new Alliance report addresses teacher quality in Colorado, and explores teacher attrition and diversity. 

Shining the Light II: State of Teacher Quality, Attrition and Diversity in Colorado links teacher attrition with student performance and tags the cost at more than $70 million in 2005 alone.

Diversity of students is growing rapidly, but these students have little chance of benefitting from a teacher of the same race: the proportion of Latino students in Colorado is growing 5 times faster than that of Latino teachers.

The report issues five recommendations:

1. Increase the diversity of the teacher workforce
2. Focus attention on teacher retention
3. Create structured feedback loops between k-12 & teacher preparation institutions
4. Establish a unique teacher identifier
5. Conduct statewide surveys of teachers

Read the full report for more information:

• Full Report (3 mb) 
• Executive Summary (1 mb)
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  Quality Teachers Commission Continues Progress Toward Pilot Teacher ID

The Commission established by Senate Bill 07-140 continues to hammer out the details and parameters to institute a teacher identifier in Colorado.  An effort to obtain a pilot in the 2008-09 school year was delayed.  The Commission has been reviewing information about identifiers, benefits, risks and needed protections. 

More information about the Commission is available under the What's New tab above.

For more information about data and unique teacher identifiers, see the 2007 Alliance report: