5. Comparison of the Teacher Compensation Survey With Other Sources of Data
Teacher Compensation Survey (TCS) data were compared with data from other surveys in order to assess the quality and completeness of the data. This section provides comparative analysis of schools, teachers, and teacher salary data between school year (SY) 2006–07 TCS data and other Common Core of Data (CCD) data files, National Education Association (NEA) data, and Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) data.3
3 NEA data were reported in: National Education Association, Rankings & Estimates, "Rankings of the States 2008 and Estimates of School Statistics 2009." SASS data were reported in: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," school year 2007–08.