Sentences with phrase «low entrance requirements»

Decades of studies, reports, and blue - ribbon commissions have criticized ed schools for low entrance requirements, mediocre standards, an emphasis on theory over practice, and outdated curricula.

By my reading, Stephen has three objections to a lower entrance requirement.

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The authors blame lowering of entrance requirements, and the increasing numbers of students moving to engineering degrees from vocational courses.

Entrance requirements for gifted programs should be lowered to 120 to take into account the lower norms on newer instruments.

Sen. Alexander proposes to lower that bar by allowing states to establish standards aligned to the entrance requirements of any college within their borders — regardless of its rigor — without federal oversight or approval.

Despite what the lack of action on this issue suggests, however, there is widespread public support for increasing the selectivity of teacher preparation programs: 60 percent of Americans believe that preparation programs should make their entrance requirements more rigorous.11 While there has been some recent evidence of a shift, the average SAT scores of college students pursuing education degrees have historically been lower than those of students entering other professions.12

A report out today from the National Council on Teacher Quality rates more than 1,100 elementary and secondary programs at just over 600 institutions of higher education across the country and concludes that the bar is set too low for entrance into professional training, future teachers are not being adequately prepared for the classroom or new requirements such as the Common Core State Standards, and the nation's expectations are far below those for teachers in countries