Press Releases & Statements
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 […]
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 […]
AACTE to Serve as National Partner in New Network for Transforming Educator Preparation Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (October 25, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – On October 23, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) announced the creation of the Network for Transforming Educator Preparation (NTEP) to implement recommendations from Our Responsibility, Our Promise: CCSSO Task Force Report on Transforming Educator […]
Report: State Education Agencies and Higher Education Partnerships on Common Core Still Evolving
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (September 19, 2013, Washington, D.C.) The Center for Education Policy (CEP) at The George Washington University has released a new report titled Year 3 of Implementing the Common Core State Standards: State Education Agencies’ Views on Postsecondary Involvement. The report presents results from […]
AACTE Celebrates Approval of New Professional Accreditation Standards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (September 3, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) applauds the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) Board of Directors upon its adoption of historic and ambitious national accreditation standards for educator preparation. AACTE member […]
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