Author: Tunara Moore

Pilot Project Tests Teacher Performance Assessments

From Education Week’s Teacher MagazineBy Liana Heitin Teacher candidates nationwide would have to pass a common performance assessment based on student-teaching experiences before becoming licensed, if advocates for a new certification process get their way. At a panel discussion in downtown Washington Oct. 19, Stanford University education professor Linda Darling-Hammond and several other education experts […]

Reevaluating Teacher Evaluation

Teacher-Prep Accrediting Groups to Merge

From Education WeekBy Stephen Sawchuk The two national accreditation bodies for teacher education have approved plans to merge into a single organization, in what might mean a more rigorous bar for teacher preparation in the future. Under the terms of the agreement, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the much smaller Teacher […]

Evaluating Teacher Performance Should Be A National Initiative, Report Finds

From Diverseeducation.comby Joyce Jones , October 20, 2010 Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond is an education professor at Stanford University. WASHINGTON — Although more than 30 states are embracing the need to evaluate the nation’s elementary and secondary school students’ academic progress and achievement based on common-core standards, a similar consensus has not yet been built around […]

Appeals Court Curbs U.S. Rule on Alternative Certification

Federal panel’s decision centers on California use of ‘intern’-status teachers From Education WeekBy Mark Walsh Published Online: October 1, 2010Published in Print: October 6, 2010, as Appeals Court Curbs U.S. Rule on Alternative Certification A federal appeals court decision striking down a rule making it easier for some alternative-route teachers to be considered “highly qualified” […]

Who’s Teaching the Teachers?

From: Inside Higher Edby Allie Grasgreen When it comes to teacher education, pragmatism beats idealism. But most education professors – save for a small minority – are complacent with antiquated teaching philosophies. These conclusions, released today in a report by FDR Group and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute on the views of education professors, summarize […]

Groups urge updates to teacher preparation programs

Integrating 21st-century skills into teacher prep will help students compete globally, new paper says From eSchool News Teachers equipped with digital-age skills and teaching strategies will best serve today’s students, a new paper argues. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) are calling on teacher […]

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and P21 Release Paper on 21st Century Knowledge and Skills in Educator Preparation

WASHINGTON and TUCSON, Ariz. – September 23, 2010 – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and P21 today released a paper to establish a shared vision around 21st century knowledge and skills in educator preparation and spark meaningful dialogue among higher education leaders about implementing this vision in educator preparation programs. As […]

State Group Piloting Teacher Prelicensing Exam

By Stephen Sawchuk Education programs across 19 states are piloting a performance-based assessment for teacher-candidates that potentially could serve as a common prelicensing measure for new teachers. Based on a test in use in about 30 education schools in California, the Teacher Performance Assessment includes a “teaching event” requiring teachers to extensively document and submit […]