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Direct linkBraithwaite, Virginia Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Until 2014, admission requirements for the educator preparation program at a university in the north central United States included a minimum competency level on the Praxis I basic skills writing test and completion of one general education writing course. However, evidence from the university's ETS reports showed that less than 60% of students as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Peer reviewedCarey, John C.; Martin, Ian; Harrington, Karen; Trevisan, Michael S. – Professional School Counseling, 2018
This study investigated how state licensure examinations address school counseling program evaluation and research. In the 31 states that require them, examinations gave little attention to measuring competencies associated with designing and conducting a program evaluation. We found variability in how these examinations addressed research…
Descriptors: Licensing Examinations (Professions), State Licensing Boards, School Counselors, Program Evaluation
McConnell, John R.; Bruster, Benita G.; Smith, Vicky B. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate a set of teacher-level factors that educator preparation providers (EPPs) may be examining to anticipate how effective teachers might be in the classroom. An ordinal logistic regression was performed to determine impact on teacher effectiveness, given five predictor variables: level (undergraduate vs.…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Teacher Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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
Educational Testing Service, Washington, DC. – 1998
Several federal legislative proposals have called for specified minimum pass rates on state teacher licensing examinations to establish institutional eligibility for certain federal funding. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia will use The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers developed by the Educational…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Evaluation Methods
Masci, Frank J.; Stotko, Elaine M. – Education and Urban Society, 2006
The Professional Immersion Master of Arts in Teaching (ProMAT) program is a cooperative venture between Johns Hopkins University and Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools, a large school district that has experienced increased urbanization. This graduate-level teacher preparation program provides candidates with extensive internship…
Descriptors: School Districts, Program Evaluation, Partnerships in Education, Public Schools
