Notes that almost everybody has contributed to the list of requirements for teacher certification except teachers. Argues that the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Project provides one place for teachers to build community and shape standards. Hopes that the project will become an important professional development opportunity…

Discusses what national board certification means and the current status of the certification program in English language arts. Offers an interim evaluation of what has been accomplished to date. Describes the Early Adolescence/English Language Arts Standards report and rubrics for evaluating teaching. Discusses what the profession of English can…

Relates the experiences and reflections of a teacher who was a field test participant for the Early Adolescence/English Language Arts Assessment of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. (SR)

Presents the experiences, questions, and concerns of a teacher who served as a scoring assessor, evaluating the planning and teaching exercises submitted by teachers in the field test for National Board Certification in the Early Adolescence/English Language Arts Assessment. (SR)

This report presents the deliberations of the Northwest Regional Advisory Committee (NW RAC), one of 10 RACs established under the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 to assess the educational needs of the region. The Northwest RAC accepted its charge to identify educational needs and to make recommendations, working collaboratively as…

The Interstate New Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) principles were first developed in May 2001 by the Center for Improving Teacher Quality at the Council for Chief State School Officers. These principles were developed as standards for licensing teachers who work with students with disabilities. Both of the program…

This research, conducted at a university in South Texas (87% Hispanic), investigated how well pre-service teachers' performance on the Secondary Professional Development Examination for Certification of Educators in Texas (ExCET) can be predicted. The linear regression equation explained 51% of the total variance in the ExCET scores while the…

Bias prevention activities undertaken as part of the development process for a major teacher certification testing program in Illinois are described. Because bias concerns were a major issue in planning and implementing the program, three distinct committees were formed to help prevent bias: (1) a bias review committee; (2) a content advisory…

This paper argues that the present system of teacher certification in New York State fails to adequately identify criteria for competency and suggests ways to improve this situation. The writer states that too much emphasis has been placed on the means by which certification is achieved while too little emphasis has been placed on the goal of…

Promotes the use of basic skills testing in the certification of new teachers and the recertification of veteran teachers. Presents the belief that better teaching will result from mandated teacher testing. (MD)

A special project aimed at on-the-job preparation of teachers with emergency certification and no teacher training is described. The problems and needs of the teachers, the program developed to meet those needs, and an evaluation of the program and of the teachers' competence are discussed. (MT)

The study examined teacher evaluation practices that are currently being used with early childhood special educators in public school preschool handicapped programs in Virginia. Discrepancies are identified between teachers' rankings of teacher competencies and specific content areas required for teacher endorsement and those found on standard…

The developing shortages in teachers and doubts about the quality of candidates for collegiate teacher preparation are discussed, advocating a written examination series in basic skills, subject knowledge and general education; and an extended internship period to establish competence. (CM)

A comparison of a modern teacher certification exam with one administered more than a century ago suggests that teachers in 1876 were required to exercise a greater range of mathematical skills, concepts, and principles. (Author)

Studied the psychometric quality of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Early Childhood/Generalist assessment system through a FACETS analysis of tests from 596 candidates. In general, results indicate that the assessment system is functioning quite well, and overall, most candidate rating profiles show consistent performance…