Teacher policy grades from NCTQ

The 2009 State Teacher Quality Yearbook is out, grading each state against a long, demanding set of standards that the National Council on Teacher Quality sees as needed. Here's a snapshot of how all state scores. Kentucky is in the top half of states, but clearly not doing the full array of things the Council recommends.

I'm not sure I agree with the full set of standards in the yearbook, but it does give a good overview of what states are doing and how it compares to the authors' view of what would strengthen teaching nationwide.