There are a number of good ideas being floated, recently and prominently in a January 2013 address to The Pope Center in North Carolina by Dr. Sandra Stotsky, who believes that the weighting of education reform focus should be shifted from student standards to a priority
on educator standards, beginning with much higher standards for admission to preparation programs and limiting schools of education to the graduate level.
Further cross-referencing with teacher and
special educator standards, a focus group, a stakeholder group and research in the field increased the opportunity for academics and special educators to critically reflect on the emerging demands placed on special educators and the attributes that are needed to be professionally effective.
There are a number of good ideas being floated, recently most prominently in a January 2013 address to The Pope Center in North Carolina by Dr. Sandra Stotsky, who believes that the weighting of education reform focus should be shifted from student standards to a priority
on educator standards, beginning with much higher standards for admission to preparation programs and limiting schools of education to the graduate level.
But for most teachers and
educators the standards have been quietly transforming classroom instruction for years.
For example, states may wish to review the extent to which course curricula reinforce the state's college - and career - readiness standards or conduct a similar review with respect to the state's
educator standards and licensure requirements.
If you have any questions after reading these manuals or you would like additional information about the TExES tests or
the educator standards, please visit the TEA website.