National Surveys of Science and Mathematics Teachers

该项目包括两项全国科学调查， 数学教师 在第一次调查中， 参加了1985-86年国家科学调查， 数学教育，但从此离开了教师职业 将通过电话采访对教学的态度， 在教学和工作期间的工资和工作条件 目前的职业。 为便于比较， 仍在任教的教师亦会接受访问。 作为 这项研究的结果，更好地了解相对 各种因素在决定离开教学意愿中的重要性 以及潜在的有效战略， 科学和数学教师的自然减员率将 鉴定 第二次调查将与 国家教育进步评估（NAEP）。 NAEP已经 计划从每个学校的数学教师那里收集数据， 八年级学生列入1990年数学国家 考核 该项目将使NAEP能够从以下方面收集数据： 八年级的科学教师，以及允许调查 教师与课堂特征的关系 和学生在科学方面的表现。 此外，调整后 教师权重适当，该项目将提供 估计课程背景准备和其他 全国科学和数学教师的特点 作为一个整体。

This project includes two national surveys of science and mathematics teachers. In the first survey, teachers who participated in the 1985-86 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education but have since left the teaching profession will be interviewed by telephone about attitudes toward teaching, and salary and working conditions while teaching and in their current occupation. For comparison purposes, a subsample of those who are still teaching will also be interviewed. As a result of this research, a better understanding of the relative importance of various factors in decisions to leave teaching will be gained, and potentially effective strategies for decreasing the attrition rates of science and mathematics teachers will be identified. The second survey will be conducted in conjunction with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP already plans to collect data from the mathematics teachers of each eighth grade student included in the 1990 mathematics national assessment. This project will enable NAEP to collect data from eighth grade science teachers as well, allowing investigation of the relationship between teacher and classroom characteristics and student performance in science. In addition, after adjusting the teacher weights appropriately, this project will provide estimates of the course background preparation and other characteristics of science and mathematics teachers in the nation as a whole.