Art Wise
9.24.04
Report on Press conference
50 years of NCATE accreditation - ASU, UA UCA UAPB
1986 - State decided all teacher institutions should be NCATE accredited
Only 2 other states NC and WV at that time
Inputs for standards
Changes in curriculum
2001 - Colleges provide evidence knowledge skills and dispositions
ETS Study - NCATE usniversities caused higher probabity of passing state licensure late 1990s
Linda Darling Hammond - Higher than average gain scores for children in the 1990s from NCATE states in the 1980s
Arkansas is unique to have taken 4 steps
1 - Full ncate process unit and program review
2 - Requires institutions meet ncate standards
3 - Requires praxis 1,2,3 passage of students
4 - Mandated state funded novice teacher program
Complimentarity of colleges of ed and licensure standards
Emphasizing performance information in accreditation
Provide information on knowledge from candidates
Quantitative information
Changes in standards and program review process
Significantly streamlined
Talking to NCATE staff
Pilot with 23 institutions
Web based information
Shortened timeline - still rejoinders
Forms will contain standards already in them
Program review system will be the forerunner of the system of the future
It will be done online
Program reviews done on cyberspace
More consistency
Audit team on program review areas
Website redesign into four areas
Public, Institution, BOE, Program reviewers
Reports flow thru this system
There is an online course for program reviewers available to anyone
More transparent procedure
1990 approx
Many standards for teachers 50 states 50 standards
Incorporated INTASC standards
Incoporated NBPTS standards
Program area
- National associations developed standards for students
States adopted them
Degree of uniformity now
You now have standards for students, teacher standards should be congruent.
As state partnerships have emerged, more examination of standards has happened.
Clear knowledge and skill expectations for teachers and students have been set.
Result?
What it takes to create a profession?
What is important
- Agreement on knowledge and skill
- 1954 NCATE had 5 national partners 200 schools
- 2004 33 national partners 575 schools 48 state partnerships
ABCTE - Bush administration proposal
TEAC - Teacher Accreditation Council
Education comes to a stalemate.
Rich-poor districts
Everyone gets something
Logjams
Assigning unprepared individuals as teachers with schools with the most challenging children
Suggestion -
Organize schools into teams
School leadership team
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