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AACTE Releases Model Legislation to Recruit Excellent Teachers into High-Need Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org National Education Organizations and Teachers’ Unions Sign On (January 30, 2014, Washington, D.C.) The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) today released model state legislation that would provide college scholarships to academically talented students who commit to teach in high-need public […]
Teacher Colleges Seek to Shift to Digital Age
From Education WeekBy Robin Flanigan At Clemson University, aspiring teachers are working together to develop and review digital lessons. They’re learning how to use social media to find classroom resources. And they’re being encouraged to partner on projects that emphasize technology with students from other majors. Those strategies reflect a shift underway at some teacher […]
AACTE President/CEO Clarifies Facts following NAME Position Statement on edTPA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (January 24, 2014, Washington, D.C.) AACTE shares the National Association of Multicultural Education’s (NAME) goal to support equity and multicultural education. In fact, that is a key reason that AACTE supports the new rigorous, authentic assessment system edTPA. It represents a groundbreaking step […]
New Report on Classroom Management Recycles Old NCTQ Methodology, Misconceptions about Teacher Preparation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (December 10, 2013, Washington, D.C.) The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) today released the latest of its critiques of university-based teacher preparation. Training Our Future Teachers: Classroom Management follows the template we have come to expect from NCTQ, using document reviews of […]
Results of Program for International Student Assessment Highlight Inequities, International Lessons for U.S. Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (December 3, 2013, Washington, D.C.) Today the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released results from the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a worldwide study of 15-year-old students’ performance on mathematics, science and reading. American students’ performance remained largely unchanged […]
Educators, Researchers and Advocates Release Teaching Quality Policy Road Map
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org A groundbreaking policy guide released today provides state lawmakers and education advocates with a blueprint for practical changes to improve teaching quality in America — one of the most critical factors to support student success. The guide recommends policies based on research and […]
Teacher Prep Says Profession Holding Themselves Accountable – But Are They?
From EdCentralBy Melissa Tooley Research has shown that many new teachers enter the profession underprepared to be successful in the classroom, despite having invested in formal preparation. As a result, many become frustrated and cut their careers short, while the students they taught fall behind. Teacher performance assessments—standardized models for assessing pre-service teachers’ readiness to teach—have been […]
New Assessment for Teacher Candidates Rolls Out After Two Years of Field Testing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org edTPA Helps Determine Whether Aspiring Teachers are Ready to Teach from Day One (November 8, 2013, Washington, D.C.) After more than four years of development and analysis, including two years of field testing with 12,000 teacher candidates, a new performance-based assessment to measure […]
National Academy of Education Report on Evaluation Measures Underscores Validity, Multiple Measures of Assessment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (October 25, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The National Academy of Education (NAEd) today released Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Programs: Purposes, Methods, and Policy Options, a report that aims to provide clearer information and direction around evaluation measures and systems in educator preparation. The […]
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