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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Newton, Xiaoxia; Wei, Ruth Chung – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2010
This paper considers a set of research and assessment strategies used to evaluate programme outcomes in the Stanford Teacher Education Programme (STEP) during a period of programme redesign over 10 years. These strategies include surveys and interviews of students' perceptions of programme elements and their own preparedness, observations of their…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Performance Based Assessment
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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Eiler, Melissa; Marcus, Alan – Issues in Teacher Education, 2002
As part of its ongoing process of formative evaluation, the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP) conducted a survey of four cohorts of recent graduates. The data from this survey are being used in concert with findings from other lines of inquiry to assess and improve the program. The discussion in this paper is centered on several research…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Cohort Analysis, Teacher Education Programs, Graduates
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Rustique-Forrester, Ellalinda – 1997
State policymakers can have an impact on the quality of the teaching force if they look seriously at three issues. The first issue is setting and enforcing teaching standards: setting standards for teacher education, teacher licensing, and ongoing evaluation and professional development; working toward National Council for the Accreditation of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Beginning Teacher Induction, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Darling-Hammond, Linda – 1993
This paper suggests specific changes in Chapter 1 legislation (up for reauthorization in the fall of 1993) to make it more responsive not only to schools and students, but also to current school restructuring initiatives and new understandings of teaching, learning, and assessment. Recommendations are made in the areas of greater equity in access…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Darling-Hammond, Linda; And Others – 1992
This monograph examines issues that will shape teacher education programs in the future. Following a foreword by Robert M. McClure, the monograph is organized into three chapters. The first, "Perestroika and Professionalism: The Case for Restructuring Teacher Preparation" (Linda Darling-Hammond), focuses on changes wrought by school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Marks, Ellen L. – 1983
The Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981 is intended to provide opportunities for states and local governments to have more control of their educational programs and to deregulate the administration of federal programs. Introduced at a time when state funding and revenue systems are in flux and severely depleted, it presents…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education