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In your opinion, how much of a challenge, if any, was presented by each of the following
resource factors to your state education agency’s ability to collaborate with other
offices, agencies, or institutions on teacher quality? (Select one answer in each row.) Resource Factors |
| Very great challenge | Great challenge | Moderate challenge | Some challenge | No challenge at all | No basis to judge or No opinion | ||
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| 44a.
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Level of funding | ||||||
| 44b.
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Amount of time allotted given other priorities | ||||||
| 44c.
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Level of staffing or allocation of human resources | ||||||
| 44d.
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Issues associated with leveraging or sharing resources | ||||||
| 44e.
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Other resource factors – Please specify below. | ||||||
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Please specify other resource factors here. | |
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Please explain how any resource factors listed in question 44 pose challenges to collaboration. | |
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45.
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In your opinion, how much of a challenge, if any, was presented by each of the following
institutional factors to your state education agency’s ability to collaborate with other
offices, agencies, or institutions on teacher quality? (Select one answer in each row.) Institutional Factors |
| Very great challenge | Great challenge | Moderate challenge | Some challenge | No challenge at all | No basis to judge or No opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45a.
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Separate PK-12 and higher education state governance systems | ||||||
| 45b.
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Incompatible or inflexible policies, procedures, and other means to operate across agency or institutional boundaries | ||||||
| 45c.
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Separate data systems that do not communicate with each other | ||||||
| 45d.
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Laws, regulations, or policies prohibiting sharing of PK-12 student data | ||||||
| 45e.
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Consistency or stability of leadership | ||||||
| 45f.
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Level of resistance to change shown by stakeholders | ||||||
| 45g.
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Level of sustained interest or commitment on the part of institutional partners | ||||||
| 45h.
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Other institutional factors – Please specify below. | ||||||
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Please specify other institutional factors here. | |
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46.
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In your opinion, what are the top three challenges, either resource or institutional, for your agency in its efforts to improve teacher quality? Also, briefly explain why. |
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Challenge #1 and why | |
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Challenge #2 any why | |
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Challenge #3 and why | |
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