Tests and Teaching Quality

Tests and Teaching Quality

Interim Report

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309069465
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309516181
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309172158
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2000
  • Month: April
  • Pages: 51
  • DDC: 507
  • Language: English

Improving the quality of teaching in elementary and secondary schools is now high on the nation's educational policy agenda. Policy makers at the state and federal levels have focused on initiatives designed to improve the abilities of teachers already in schools and increase the numbers of well-qualified teachers available to fill current and future vacancies.

Tests and Teaching Quality is an interim report of a study investigating the technical, educational, and legal issues surrounding the use of tests for licensing teachers. This report focuses on existing tests and their use.

  • Front Matter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Current Licensure Testing
  • The Development and Quality of Licensure Tests
  • Disparate Impact
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix Summary of Assessments Offered for Initial Teacher Certification and Licensure, by State: 1998
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Biographical Sketches

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