Section III (Continued) - U.S. Department of Education's Grant Funds, Technical Assistance, and Non-Financial Resources

62.	In your opinion, how useful, if at all, has technical assistance or non-financial resources provided by the U.S. Department of Education been to your agency’s efforts in improving teacher quality in each of the following areas?
	(Select one answer in each row.)

		Extremely useful	Very useful	Moderately useful	Slightly useful	Not useful	Not applicable, we have not used this resource	No opinion or No basis to judge
62a.	Recruitment or selection
62b.	Teacher preparation
62c.	Certification or licensure
62d.	Placement or assignment
62e.	Retention
62f.	Induction or Mentoring
62g.	Professional development
62h.	Performance or accountability
62i.	Other teacher quality areas – Please specify below.

	Please specify other teacher quality areas here.

63.	Overall, in your opinion, to what extent, if at all, have grant funds, technical assistance, or non-financial resources provided by the U.S. Department of Education facilitated your agency’s ability to work collaboratively with other offices, agencies, or institutions in your state to improve teacher quality?

	1.		Greatly facilitated
	2.		Moderately facilitated
	3.		Somewhat facilitated
	4.		Did not facilitate
	5.		No basis to judge

64.	In your opinion, has oversight (such as monitoring) provided by the U.S. Department of Education encouraged or discouraged coordination between your agency and other offices, agencies, or institutions?

	1.		Greatly encouraged
	2.		Moderately encouraged
	3.		Neither encouraged nor discouraged
	4.		Moderately discouraged
	5.		Greatly discouraged
	6.		No opinion or no basis to judge

	Please explain how and why oversight provided by the U.S. Department of Education has encouraged or discouraged coordination between your agency and other offices, agencies, or institutions.

65.	If you have any additional comments concerning any topic covered in this questionnaire, please use the space below.

	Please continue to the survey completion question on the next screen.

Full Report: GAO-09-593

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