The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) today released
Doing the Math on Teacher Pensions: How to Protect Teachers and Taxpayers, which challenges the claims of
pension boards and other groups about the cost-effectiveness, fairness and flexibility of the traditional defined
benefit pension plans still in place in 38 states. The report includes a report card on each of the 50 states and the
District of Columbia with a detailed analysis of state teacher pension policies.