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TALIS 2008: Key findings
●● Teachers who receive more professional
development tend to believe they work
more effectively.
●● Teachers with stronger beliefs about
teaching methods report, on average,
more collaborative behavior with
colleagues and more positive studentteacher relations.
●● Teachers who receive recognition for
good performance from their principal
or colleagues tend to feel they are
more effective.
●● Appraisal and feedback are associated
positively with teachers’ job satisfaction
and security, but only a minority of
teachers reported that appraisal and
evaluation affect professional development, career advancement, or pay.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development. (2009). Creating Effective Teaching and
Learning Environments: First Results From TALIS.
Paris: Author.

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TALIS
For more information
TALIS is sponsored by the Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Develop­
ment (OECD) and managed in the United
States by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the U.S.
Department of Education.
To learn more about TALIS, visit
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/talis and
http://www.oecd.org/talis.
For questions about TALIS, contact
the TALIS Information Hotline at
1-800-341-3660 or email [email protected].

TALIS 2013: Participants
Australia
Belgium
(Flanders)
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
(Alberta)
Chile
Croatia
Czech
Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland

France
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
Latvia
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania

Serbia
Singapore
Slovak
Republic
Spain
Sweden
United Arab
Emirates
(Abu Dhabi)
United
Kingdom
(England)
United States

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NCES is authorized to conduct TALIS under Section
9543 of U.S. Code 20. Information collected will help
the U.S. Department of Education’s ongoing efforts to
document teacher and principal working conditions in
the United States and other countries. Participation
is voluntary. Data collected may be used only for
statistical purposes and may not be disclosed or used
in identifiable form for any other purpose except as
required by law (20 U.S. Code, Section 9573).

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TALIS

Teaching and Learning International Survey

What is TALIS?
The Teaching and Learning International
Survey (TALIS) is a survey about teachers,
teaching, and learning environments. First
conducted in 2008, its main objective is to
provide international indicators that will help
countries develop well-informed education
policy. TALIS offers teachers and prin­cipals
the opportunity to provide their perspectives
on education in the United States. TALIS
2013 will be conducted in winter/spring
2013.

Why is TALIS important?
TALIS is an effort by the United States and
other countries to better understand the
successes and challenges faced by teachers
and school leaders. TALIS fills gaps in our
knowledge of teacher and principal working
conditions, an area that has been underrepresented in international studies of
education. TALIS aims to inform policymakers and educators around the world
about shared concerns and promising
educational approaches.

Who will be
surveyed?
­ ALIS focuses on the
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lower second­ary level:
grades 7, 8, and 9 in the
United States. Principals
and teachers at U.S. schools
have been randomly selected
to participate.

What will TALIS
participants be asked to do?
TALIS is composed of two questionnaires:
one for school principals and another for
teachers.
The principal and teacher questionnaires are
designed to take 45 minutes each. The online
version of the questionnaire allows respondents to complete the survey at a single or
multiple sessions.
Both questionnaires cover the following
topics:
●● teacher and principal background and characteristics;
●● school leadership and
climate;
●● teachers’ instructional
practices;
●● teacher and principal
professional development;
and
●● teacher appraisal and
feedback.

How will the study be
coordinated?
The study will be undertaken by staff from
Strategic Research Group. Principals are
asked to designate a School Coordinator
who will then provide a list of 7th, 8th, and
9th grade teachers; distrib­ute materials to the
principal and selected teachers; and encourage the completion of surveys by the deadline.

What will happen with the
collected data?
Data will be used to describe the conditions
of teaching and schooling across countries
and to develop comparative education indi­
ca­tors. The data provided by principals and
teachers may be used only for statistical
purposes and may not be disclosed or used
in identifiable form for any other purpose
except as required by law. Reports of the
find­ings from TALIS will not identify par­tici­
pat­ing districts, schools, or individual staff.
Indivi­dual responses will be combined to
produce summary statistics and reports.