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Although we tried to make use of teacher reports, the response rate was too low to be useful.
There also were other state and federal policy changes, such as the use of teacher evaluation systems, that caused some churn and upheaval in teaching ranks.
Joe Williams, the executive director of Democrats for Education Reform, which has advocated for the use of teacher evaluation systems, said that as a former journalist he had sympathy for reporters' right to demand information about public employees.
Teachers' unions, which are major backers of the group behind the new campaign, said they hoped to stymie some of Mr. Bloomberg's more contentious plans, including the expanded use of teacher evaluations and charter schools.
But the numbers reveal that the review process is effectively broken, parents and administrators said, at a time when the Obama administration is seeking to tie federal money for education to the use of teacher evaluations based on student performance.
The dueling groups underline the highly visible role that public schools are expected to play in next year's mayoral race, as the contenders debate the merits of policies like the expansion of charter schools and the use of teacher evaluations in firing faculty members.
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However, if the findings of no effect are valid, the results might reflect a lack of successful models on which sites could draw in implementing the levers, problems in making use of teacher-evaluation measures to inform key HR decisions, the influence of state and local context, or insufficient attention to factors other than teacher quality.
The second book contains notes of lessons designed only for the use of teachers.
"This cannot be the best use of teachers' time and is subjecting young people in schools to unnecessary stress".
The results point to the potential of policies that make use of teachers' initial performance to inform personnel decisions.
That proposal, Ms. Sherwood said, aims to move the negotiating process forward by addressing the three primary points of dispute — health care, raises and the use of teachers during the school day, like the staffing of study halls and scheduling professional training.
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