A new tool, SABER-teachers, aims to helpfill this gap by collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, anddisseminating comprehensive information on teacher policiesin primary and secondary education systems around the world.SABER-Teachers is a core component of SABER (SystemsApproach for Better Education Results), an initiativelaunched by the Human Development Network of the World Bank.SABER collects information about different educationsystems’ policy domains, analyzes it to identify commonchallenges and promising solutions, and makes it widelyavailable to inform countries’ decisions on where and how toinvest in order to improve education quality. SABER-Teacherscollects data on ten core teacher policy areas to offer acomprehensive descriptive overview of the teacher policiesthat are in place in each participating education system.Data are collected in each participating education system bya specialized consultant using a questionnaire that ensurescomparability of information across different educationsystems. Data collection focuses on the rules andregulations governing teacher management systems. Thisinformation is compiled in a comparative database whereinterested stakeholders can access detailed informationorganized along relevant categories that describe howdifferent education systems manage their teacher force, aswell as copies of supporting documents.
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