This article has attempted to present the kind of program of teacher education that research indicates to have prospects of producing effective teachers. (Author)

The author discusses competency-based teacher education and the disagreements about what "competent" means. Among his examples is the Dilemma of the Ditto: can teachers be "competent" without knowing how to run a ditto machine? This is really a profound question because it represents an entire class of questions. (MF)

Described the andrometer, an educational measuring device which may provide a promising approach to performance-based teacher education. (Author/RK)

Attempts to define the essence of the PBTE approach, analyzes the absence of a research base connecting teacher behavior and student learning and the inadvisability of construing teacher education as a problem of developing effective teachers, as well as arguing that PBTE is a political and educational movement. (Author/RK)

Looks at the ways in which health professions test for competence and improve training and testing programs. Discusses the controversy concerning medical licensing, criterion-referenced exams for nurses, and continuing education evaluations. Finally, testing in the teaching professions is examined, including competency-based and continuing teacher…

Implications from research on teaching in the elementary grades indicate that teachers do make a difference in student learning, that a variety of teaching behaviors is needed for different teaching situations, and that behavior patterns, rather than isolated skills, should be defined for competency-based teacher education and teacher evaluation.…