Building an Evidence-Based System for Teacher Preparation

Home - A WebsiteBuilder WebsiteTeacher Preparation Analytics has released a new report, Building an Evidence-Based System for Teacher Preparation. The report was commissioned by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). This report:

  1. Summarizes the research on our nation’s current ability to evaluate the effectiveness of teacher preparation programs;
  2. Identifies and develops a proposed framework and a set of Key Effectiveness Indicators (KEI) and measures that the authors believe states and educator preparation providers should be using to assess the effectiveness of programs by the year 2020
  3. Uses the KEI extensively as a lens to examine the teacher preparation program evaluation policies and practices in 15 states;
  4. Identifies a number of hopeful policies and practices that hold promise for moving states forward in their efforts to develop stronger preparation program evaluation systems; and
  5. Recommends, based on the entire analysis in the report, a concise set of actions for states, the educator preparation community, and other stakeholders to take in order to improve the nation’s capacity to evaluate – and thereby improve – its teacher preparation programs.

CAEP’s purposes in commissioning this report include:

  • generating a national discussion of the measures that should be part of a system for reporting teacher preparation key effectiveness indicators;
  • aligning CAEP accreditation with these reporting systems as closely as possible to strengthen accreditation, facilitate state data collection and reporting, and reduce reporting burdens; and
  • promoting collaboration and best practices among states, CAEP, and other stakeholders.

See the full report here: http://caepnet.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/building_an_evidence_based_system_for_teacher_preparation_201409151.pdf

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