The Pew Center on the States: A letter from NCTR Executive Director, Meredith Williams

August 12, 2014. On behalf of the National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR) member systems that the Pew Charitable Trusts has contacted regarding its research on state public pension fund investment performance, I would like to thank you for extending an invitation to our members to collaborate on this project.

NCTR’s member systems are happy to assist with your research efforts, and are very interested in providing information that will produce a comprehensive, factually sound narrative of what is often a misrepresented and misconstrued subject matter. In this regard, I am certain that we are in agreement about the importance of both capturing and representing data and information accurately, so I would like to bring to your attention several concerns our members have with your initial approach to this project. Read more.

X