I intend to examine the present conditions and subjects of teacher personnel administration with some preceding studies of personnel changes of public schoolteachers. Some findings are as follows: The authority of teacher change was transfered from cities, towns, and villeges to prefectures in 1956. Since then, teacher changes have been enforced in a large region, intermunicipal. Teacher efficiency rating was established in 1958. But, because it has been considered difficult to measure effects of teaching and teacher unions have objected to it, it has not been enforced well. On the other side, the number of teacher changes and the trend of it have been measured easily for many years. Contrary to it, in many foreign countries, it is enforced fairly well and opened to the public. Teacher efficiency rating should be appropriately estimated to make changes in teachers rationally. According to some related preceding studies, it is found that teacher transference has important effects on the improvement of schools and professional growth of teachers. But since it has not been made clear enough, we are required to make further study how to measure reasonably and scientifically more school improvement and professional growth of teachers by teacher changes. Besides, the results of teacher efficiency rating should be opened to the person concerned.
