Published: October 15, 2004

Quality Counts Archive

Quality Counts is Education Week's annual report on state-level efforts to improve public education. Published in January.

2008: Tapping Into Teaching

Quality Counts 2008 grades the states across six areas of education performance and policy, finding that the average U.S. public school teacher makes only 88 cents for every dollar earned by individuals in 16 comparable professions.

Web-only content includes:

• State Highlights Reports

• State Report Cards

• Interactive Grading Calculator: Calculate grades for states based on weighting schemes of your choice.

Prior Years

2007: From Cradle to Career

2006: Quality Counts at 10: A Decade of Standards Based Education

2005: No Small Change, Targeting Money Toward Student Performance

2004: Count Me In: Special Education in an Era of Standards
(PDF: 5.6MB)

2003: "If I Can't Learn From You" (PDF: 8.2MB)

2002: Building Blocks for Success (PDF: 44.8MB)

2001: A Better Balance (PDF: 7.4MB)

2000: Who Should Teach? (PDF: 15.5MB)

1999: Rewarding Results, Punishing Failure

1998: The Urban Challenge: Public Education in the 50 States (PDF: 11.3MB)

Quality Counts '97 (PDF: 9.1MB)

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