Sharon P. Robinson: Letter to the Editor (Response to “Move to Outsource Teacher Licensing Process Draws Protest”)

From The New York Times
By Sharon P. Robinson

Re “Move to Outsource Teacher Licensing Process Draws Protest,” by Michael Winerip (On Education column, May 7):

The educator preparation community knows that graduates could end up teaching anywhere and that we need a nationally available assessment to measure readiness to teach at the novice level, an ability not documented by existing licensing exams.