"As the Commonwealth embarks on the next chapter in education improvement, we must have the voice of educators in the conversation. This survey is a unique and important opportunity to help shape education policy and practice with the perspective of the very teachers and administrators most involved in making classrooms succeed." - Governor Deval Patrick

Results

Almost 40,000 Massachusetts educators (46 percent from across the state) participated in the Massachusetts Teaching, Learning and Leading Survey. The insights from educators across the Commonwealth provide critical information for making local and state-level decisions to improve Massachusetts schools. Password protected data are released only at the school and district levels if a minimum of 40 percent and at least 5 of the school faculty responded to the survey.

Click here to access school level data reports with your school's password.

Beyond these local data results, an initial analysis of statewide trends will also available be available in an interim report released in September 2008, followed by a final comprehensive analytical report for the state in December 2008.

While more analyses remain, previous research from across the country demonstrates that good learning and teaching conditions prove essential to student success and teacher retention. By documenting and analyzing how teachers and principals view critical teaching and learning conditions, MassTeLLS will help educators, community members and policymakers take steps to improve student learning and teacher retention across the state.

Using the Data

The success of MassTeLLS depends on the extent to which school communities can use the resulting data to inform real school improvement processes. Toward that end, The New Teacher Center created a resources page to help schools and communities engage in ongoing and meaningful conversations about potential strategies to improve teaching and learning conditions.

Partners

A collection of stakeholder groups representing teachers, superintendents, community and business groups (listed on left side of this page) are collectively working with The New Teacher Center at the University of California at Santa Cruz (NTC) to conduct the survey. NTC is a nonpartisan organization with a mission to support the development of an effective, dedicated and inspired teaching force. NTC also has extensive experience conducting similar surveys across the country.

Governor Deval Patrick, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the American Federation of Teachers - Massachusetts, the National Education Association, the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators' Association, the Massachusetts Elementary School Principals Association, the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, The Boston Foundation, and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation are some of the groups supporting MassTeLLS.