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Joyce, Jeanette; Brodersen, R. Marc; Meyer, Stephen; Haines, Mckenzie; Weston-Sementelli, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2021
Although national assessments for evaluating teacher candidates are available, some state education agencies and education preparation programs have developed their own assessments. These locally developed assessments are based on observations of teaching and other artifacts such as lesson plans and student assignments. However, local assessment…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Evaluation Methods, Preservice Teachers
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Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a larger study examining the validity and reliability of the Kansas Clinical Assessment Tool (K-CAT), a newly developed tool for assessing the performance of teacher candidates. The study team used interviews with cooperating teachers, content experts' ratings of the alignment of the K-CAT to…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Evaluation Methods, Preservice Teachers
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Joyce, J.; Brodersen, R.; M., Meyer; Haines, M.; Weston-Sementelli, J. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2021
Although national assessments for evaluating teacher candidates are available, some state education agencies and education preparation programs have developed their own assessments. These locally developed assessments are based on observations of teaching and other artifacts such as lesson plans and student assignments. However, local assessment…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Evaluation Methods, Preservice Teachers
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Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2021
The "Examination of the Validity and Reliability of the Kansas Clinical Assessment Tool" study explored the validity and reliability of the Kansas Clinical Assessment Tool (K-CAT), a newly developed tool for assessing the performance of teacher candidates. The study found that cooperating teachers reported that the K-CAT accurately…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Evaluation Methods, Preservice Teachers
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Martinie, Sherri L.; Rumsey, Chepina; Allen, David S. – Educational Considerations, 2014
For a quarter century, Kansas State University's College of Education has supported a Professional Development School (PDS) model involving professional collaboration with selected public school systems across Kansas. In that time, this relationship has proved to be an instrumental vehicle for educational change. The state of Kansas' adoption and…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Models, Mathematics Education, Educational Change
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Allen, David S.; Perl, Michael; Goodson, Lori; Sprouse, Twyla – Educational Considerations, 2014
Considering how long societies have been educating their youth, the history of teacher education is relatively brief. From the first teacher education innovation in the 17th century through those of the late 20th century--de la Salle, the American normal school, the flood of student teachers into public schools after World War II, the student…
Descriptors: Supervision, Team Teaching, Partnerships in Education, Faculty Development