Getting Better at Teacher Preparation and State Accountability

by Edward Crowe

Dec 22, 2011

Profiles the goals, activities, implementation, and challenges of the twelve states that won Race to the Top federal funds to improve teacher quality and preparation program accountability; analyzes their strategies; and makes policy recommendations.
  • Observation: Five of the 12 recipients will publicly disclose persistence in teaching by program graduates; two states will use persistence rates for program accountability.
  • Observation: Six of the 12 recipients will employ data on job placement of program graduates for public disclosure of teacher-program performance; three states will use job placement as an accountability measure.
  • Observation: All 12 recipients made commitments to publicly disclose the effectiveness of teacher-preparation programs based on student learning outcomes; five states will use teacher impact on student achievement for program accountability.
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