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Joshua D. Fleer; Sarah Roberts Ross; Chantel Wilson Rice – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The turn toward public accountability for educator preparation programs (EPPs) has been met with both optimism that public scrutiny will improve the quality of teacher education and concern over a perceived disconnect between public accountability tools and effective teacher preparation. This study examines the impact of the accountability metrics…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Standards, Teacher Education, Educational Policy
Sarah Rose Roberts Ross; Joshua D. Fleer; Chantel Wilson Rice – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The turn toward public accountability for educator preparation programs (EPPs) has been met with both optimism that public scrutiny will improve the quality of teacher education and concern over a perceived disconnect between public accountability tools and effective teacher preparation. This study examines the impact of the accountability metrics…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Standards, Teacher Education, Educational Policy
Chantel Wilson Rice; Joshua D. Fleer; Sarah Roberts Ross – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The turn toward public accountability for educator preparation programs (EPPs) has been met with both optimism that public scrutiny will improve the quality of teacher education and concern over a perceived disconnect between public accountability tools and effective teacher preparation. This study examines the impact of the accountability metrics…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Standards, Teacher Education, Educational Policy
LiBetti, Ashley; Trinidad, Justin – Bellwether Education Partners, 2018
In a teacher residency, candidates receive almost all of their training in their future job site: They spend at least a year in a pre-k through 12 classroom under the guidance of a highly effective mentor teacher. This on-the-job experience is complemented by coursework that is tightly linked to and builds upon their experiences in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, On the Job Training, Mentors, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Fay, Maggie P.; Trimble, Madeline Joy; Pheatt, Lara – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2013
Based largely on interviews with stakeholders in California, New York, Tennessee, and West Virginia, this report describes how these states have established initiatives related to early college readiness assessments and transition curricula. It then compares the development of these interventions across states and identifies factors that have…
Descriptors: Interviews, Stakeholders, College Readiness, Transitional Programs
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Singer-Gabella, Marcy; Tiedemann, Patrick – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2008
University-based teacher-education programmes in the USA confront mounting pressure to demonstrate that graduates will have a significant and positive impact on student achievement. Such pressure has forced teacher educators to wrestle with the question of what constitutes compelling evidence that teacher candidates will indeed have such an…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teacher Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Sims, Serbrenia J. – 1992
This book provides a brief historical review of outcomes assessment in higher education and a general guide to designing, implementing, and evaluating assessment programs. Chapter 1 provides several definitions of commonly used terms and a review of the major actors and the political context. It identifies factors contributing to the recent push…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Achievement Tests