Sentences with phrase «quality of teacher preparation»

Larger institutions can be left with a false sense of superiority if they post high value - added scores in states where the overall quality of teacher preparation programs is weak, said Walsh.

And if you knew anything about the quality of teacher preparation and development programs in this country, you'd be even more skeptical.

While teacher quality (and the quality of teacher preparation) is at the heart of the effectiveness of almost any reform, conflating STR with class size reduction fails to focus on the mechanisms thought to be at work in smaller classes.

However, until the reviewers bring a broader and academic perspective to their observations, we can not count on accreditation to upgrade the quality of our teacher preparation programs.

Why doesn't accreditation improve the quality of teacher preparation programs as judged by measurable increases in learning outcomes for the students in the classes of their graduates?

The diaspora of teacher educators is more actively crossing the boundaries of universities and schools to become a community of advocates that strive to enhance the quality of teacher preparation, induction and professional development.

Students would be much better off if policymakers and education leaders were to focus on student achievement results as a way to assess teacher quality overall, and to assess the quality of teacher preparation programs supported by federal and state dollars.

Their zeal to improve the quality of teacher preparation has produced, in many states, a crowded -LSB-...]

In this brief, Goldhaber discusses what research can tell us about the usefulness of value - added for assessing the quality of teacher preparation programs.

Residencies use a multi-pronged approach to improve the quality of teacher preparation through:

Title II reports on the quality of teacher preparation.

The Commission of Higher Education is working to: 1) improve the quality of teacher preparation and performance; 2) open the level of dialogue among superintendents and principals and higher education teacher preparation programs; 3) expand communication among vertical teams in P - 16 to support students entering post-secondary education; and 4) review and measure learning outcomes at all levels, including higher education and demonstrate significant value - added for post-secondary options.

With so many new teachers leaving the profession, is there a linkage to the quality of teacher preparation programs and whether they are providing the experiences and skills necessary to succeed in the job?

More concerning to some schools is the idea that pass rates on performance exams could be used to determine the quality of teacher preparation programs.

The quality of teacher preparation is crucial to helping students reach high academic standards, but in the late 1980s there was concern that many teachers were entering the profession unprepared, having received poor - quality training.

She said the council's only motivation was to improve the quality of teacher preparation so that all graduates are prepared for their first day in the classroom.

«There is no way that we are going to turn around the quality of teacher preparation and give teachers what they need and deserve without that kind of accountability,» Walsh said.

(You can read Levine's landmark 2006 report on the quality of teacher preparation programs here.)

Policymakers eager to close weak programs advocate for using data to examine and judge the quality of teacher preparation.

What this means for those of us who are concerned about «where we are going» is that the quality of our teacher preparation system is the absolutely critical element in the enhancement of the quality of our children's education.

So what is the quality of our teacher preparation system?