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Download full textTennessee Higher Education Commission, 2012
The Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation in 2007 requiring that the State Board of Education produce an assessment on the effectiveness of teacher training programs. The law requires that the report include data on the performance of each program's graduates in the following areas: placement and retention rates, Praxis II results, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Praxis, Academic Achievement
Tennessee State Board of Education, 2011
The Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation in 2007 requiring that the State Board of Education produce an assessment on the effectiveness of teacher training programs. The law requires that the report includes data on the performance of each program's graduates in the following areas: placement and retention rates, Praxis II results, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Research Reports, State Legislation
Connecticut Department of Higher Education (NJ1), 2009
Connecticut's Alternate Route to Certification Program--ARC, as it is commonly known--prepares talented, well-educated adults to become certified as teachers in Connecticut's public schools. ARC was created in 1986 by the Connecticut state legislature to encourage mid-career adults with strong subject area backgrounds to become teachers. Today ARC…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Certification, Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Costs
Direct linkde Cohen, Clemencia Cosentino – Principal Leadership, 2006
Much attention has been paid to the "highly qualified" requirements for teachers in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), but the paraprofessional provisions have stayed out of the spotlight. With the deadline for compliance approaching, it is important to turn everyone's attention to these provisions to see who they affect, what new…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Principals, Compliance (Legal), Paraprofessional School Personnel
Peer reviewedWatanabe, Sundy – Journal of American Indian Education, 2008
Standardized testing, mandated by NCLB, can act as a barrier to prevent Indigenous students from entering teacher training programs and achieving "highly-qualified" certification upon exiting. Such regulations work against the nation-to-nation trust agreements that would place Indigenous teachers within Native school systems. Although…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Federal Legislation, Indigenous Populations, American Indians
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2004
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Art Teachers, Public Education, Teacher Education Programs
