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Bell, Courtney; Phelps, Geoffrey; McCaffrey, Dan; Liu, Shuangshuang; Weren, Barbara; Glazer, Nancy; Forzani, Francesca – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2022
The recent turn toward core practices and practice-based teacher education has been accompanied by a growing literature on the definitions, pedagogies to teach, and assessments of core practices. Despite these developments, the field lacks core practices performance assessments designed to be used across course sections, courses, and subjects.…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Practices, Teaching Skills, Performance Based Assessment
Kennedy, Robert L. – 1987
Teacher testing began in Arkansas when the governor threatened to veto a 1% sales tax if a teacher testing bill were not passed. With enactment of Act 76 in 1983, an instrument was developed for field testing in 1984 over objections of the Arkansas Education Association. The test, the Arkansas Educational Skills Assessment, is comprised of 50…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, State Legislation
Roth, Rodney – 1982
The National Teacher Examination (NTE) validation and cut score determination procedures for use in teacher certification in Arkansas are discussed. The NTE area examinations to be validated were selected by the Arkansas Department of Education, which compared the state's certification requirements with the NTE's rationale, content, and scope…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Public Schools