A final report is mailed to each site the following fall, and selected results are included on the HSTW Assessment report for each site. A brief summary of some staff-development needs identified in 1998 Results of the 1998 teacher survey reveal what support schools need in order to change how and what they teach and what they expect of students. The following summary suggests that few teachers think their school environments push students to do their best and few teachers think they have administrators support in their efforts. Likewise, many academic teachers said they received little staff development to help them teach their content in ways that motivate students to work harder. Both groups of teachers said they need more staff development.
Teachers maintain a demanding yet supportive environment that pushes students to do their best.
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