As Secretary Rod Paige so well noted in his first annual report to Congress on Meeting the Highly Qualified Teacher Challenge in June 2002, the teacher preparation system is «broken», and, although Texas has done a better job than most states in
raising teacher preparation standards and accountability, we are no exception to this generalization.
Making teacher preparation more rigorous is a well trodden path now that we are 32 years past A Nation At Risk, and Walsh flatly ignores or discounts the decades of work to
increase teacher preparation standards and increase clinical practice time for prospective teachers in favor of her organization's shockingly weak research.
In addition,
teacher preparation standards require candidates to be able to «differentiate good readers from poor readers in light of those characteristics and apply that knowledge to effective intervention strategies for all readers.»
CAEP accreditation is a well - respected marker of excellence in
teacher preparation standards.
Professional
teacher preparation standards are moderately aligned at elementary and secondary levels but not middle school.
Professional
teacher preparation standards are partially or fully alignment in elementary, middle, and secondary teacher preparation.
It's possible that dozens of states will need to overhaul
their teacher preparation standards in the next several years.