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Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2012
A handful of states are gradually adopting licensing tests that measure aspiring elementary teachers' ability to master aspects of what's arguably their most important task: teaching students to read. In the most recent example of what appears to be a slow but steady push, Wisconsin became the latest state to adopt a rigorous, stand-alone test of…
Descriptors: Licensing Examinations (Professions), Certification, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
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O'Brien, Joseph – Social Education, 2008
In an effort to assist with the preparation of "citizens who are globally aware, civically engaged, and capable of managing their lives and careers, and young people who are economically and financially literate and fluent in information, media and technology skills," a host of businesses, educational organizations, and civic groups…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Technological Literacy, Technology Education, Technology Integration
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McLeod, Kevin; Huinker, Deann – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2007
There has been much debate in recent years as to the amount and type of mathematical knowledge that teachers need to acquire. One set of recommendations is provided by the Mathematical Education of Teachers (MET) report, produced jointly by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America. This paper reports on efforts…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Teachers
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This state improvement plan outlines goals and objectives for improving special education services to students with disabilities in Wisconsin. The first goal (students with disabilities will demonstrate skills which will engage them to become independent, productive, and included citizens in society) contains objectives that address graduation…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2002
This executive summary of Wisconsin's 5-year state improvement plan outlines goals and objectives for improving special education services to students with disabilities and progress toward these objectives in Year 2. The first goal (students with disabilities will demonstrate skills that will engage them to become independent, productive, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Grenot-Scheyer, Marquita; Coots, Jennifer J.; Bishop-Smith, Kathryn – Issues in Teacher Education, 2004
This article addresses how teacher preparation programs can best respond to the broad, complex calls for reform in ways that are locally meaningful and honor academic integrity, but that are also true to the intent of the reform mandates. The authors begin with an overview of some of the federal and state initiatives that are presenting challenges…
Descriptors: Educational Change, College School Cooperation, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Curriculum