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Shannon E. Mahany-Kulinski – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Demands for improved educational outcomes in the PreK-12 system in the United States have resulted in educator preparation programs (EPPs) needing to adapt and revise their programs. External pressures and mandates from state and federal governments, accrediting bodies, and other professional organizations have more recently resulted in the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Graduate Students, Teacher Education Programs, Student Diversity
Goldhaber, Dan; Koedel, Cory – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2018
In the summer of 2013, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) issued public, highly-visible ratings of teacher education programs as part of their ambitious and controversial Teacher Prep Review. We provide the first empirical examination of NCTQ ratings, beginning with a descriptive overview of the ratings and documentation of how they…
Descriptors: Accountability, Teacher Education Programs, Intervention, Teacher Effectiveness
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Smith, Daniella – School Library Media Research, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that impacted the level of self-perceived transformational leadership potential in preservice school librarians who participated in a master's degree program in library and information studies focusing on leadership development. A mixed-method concurrent triangulation research design was…
Descriptors: Mentors, Poverty, Leadership Training, National Norms
Tyler, Linda – Educational Testing Service, 2011
Since 2006, the National Education Association (NEA) and Educational Testing Service (ETS) have been working collaboratively to support teacher candidates in preparing for "The Praxis Series"[TM] of teacher licensure assessments, currently used in 41 states and territories. Their focus has been particularly targeted to assisting minority…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty), Intervention
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Salend, Spencer J.; Whittaker, Catharine R.; Garrick Duhaney, Laurel M.; Smith, Robin M. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2003
The participation in and completion of teacher education programs by students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds is one of the biggest challenges facing higher education institutions today. The success of teacher education programs in responding to this challenge is related to their ability to incorporate diversity into all…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Diversity (Faculty), Colleges
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Harrell, Pamela Esprivalo; Harris, Mary – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2006
The Online Post Baccalaureate Program is described along with indicators of how well the program met the goals of its developers during two years of implementation. Faculty aimed to develop a program that would satisfy students, offer a more accessible path into teaching for post baccalaureate candidates and compare favorably in quality to its…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Teacher Education, Web Based Instruction, Program Effectiveness
de Felix, Judith Walker; Houston, W. Robert – 1986
The implications of entrance requirements for success in a graduate teacher program were studied. Success was defined as maintaining a 3.0 grade point average with no more than 12 semester hours of "C" or lower. Entrance requirements were those of the University of Houston, Texas. The subjects were 139 1985 spring and summer graduates of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average