Shares of teachers reporting usefulness of training they received in using computers for instruction
Not useful | Somewhat useful | Useful | Very useful | |
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3.1% | 29.3% | 42.1% | 25.5% |
Notes: Data are for teachers in public noncharter schools. The figure shows shares of teachers who answered “very useful,” “useful,” “somewhat useful,” or “not useful” when asked, for specific professional development activities, “Overall, how useful were these activities to you?”
Source: 2011–2012 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) microdata from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Adapted from García and Weiss, The role of early career supports, continuous professional development, and learning communities in the teacher shortage. The fifth report in ‘The Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series (Economic Policy Institute, July 2019).
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