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Direct linkHernández, Ana M.; Alfaro, Cristina – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
At a time when Dual Language programs are growing exponentially, educators' conversations revolve around the challenges to identify, name, and confront the pressing issues in effective preparation and continued professional development for bilingual teachers. Currently, the preparation for candidates varies across university programs despite state…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Teacher Education Programs, Bilingual Teachers, English (Second Language)
Download full textOndrasek, Naomi; Carver-Thomas, Desiree; Scott, Caitlin; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
California is in the midst of a severe special education teacher shortage that threatens the state's ability to improve outcomes for students with disabilities, who often have the greatest needs but receive the least expert teachers. To help policymakers address the shortage, the Learning Policy Institute conducted an analysis of the special…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Persistence
Peer reviewedTanner, David E. – Urban Review, 1995
Examines whether teaching candidates who passed a basic competency screening test also possessed a level of general academic aptitude significantly higher than those who did not pass. Findings from 293 teachers who took the California Basic Educational Skills Test and had Scholastic Aptitude Test scores available show that requiring minimum…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Educational Research, Minimum Competency Testing, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBoosalis, Chris Nicholas; Taghavian, Alex; Myhre, Oddmund R. – California Reader, 2003
Offers four indices and underlying criteria to help teacher education administrators and leaders identify candidates for a multiple subjects teaching credential who are at risk of failing the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) using California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) scores. Yields four indices for cumulative, writing,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Preservice Teachers, Reading Instruction
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
A protracted class-action suit against California's Commission on Teacher Credentialing (by 15 minority individuals and 3 organizations) proved a major loss for plaintiff educators. The Ninth Circuit's ruling follows the trend of high-stakes testing decisions favoring the government, despite revised Office of Civil Rights guidelines. (MLH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
Valencia, Atilano A. – 1998
California State University, Fresno developed a comprehensive program to increase the number of minority students admitted into its teacher education program. The program, developed by the School of Education and Human Development (SOEHD), resulted from claims that the mandatory California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) impedes and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Basic Skills, College Admission, College Students
