THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM EVALUATION

APPALACHIAN COLEGE ASSOCIATION

Annual Meeting of the Presidents and Chief Academic Officers

June 14, 2011

PRESSURES ON TEACHER EDUCATION

WHAT IS PROMPTING THESE EVALUATION EFFORTS?

Real and Persistent Education Challenges

The economy

Focus on Accountability

WHY ARE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS UNDER FIRE?

CURRENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND DATA COLLECTION

WHY IS TEACHER EDUCATION VULNERABLE?

WHY ARE WE VULNERABLE?

Black Box

Black Hole

Perceived Lack of a Profession

Unwillingness to Deal with Weak Programs

No Easy Way to Measure Program Quality

EXAMPLES OF EVALUATION EFFORTS

Presidential Teaching Fellows ProposalState Examples

LA FL TN OH

Statewide Data SystemsUSNWR/NCTQ Project

USNWR/NCTQ PROJECT

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“As education schools continue to be in the la-la land of good intentions and child-centered progressivist thinking, outside pressure continues to mount. And NCTQ is proud to be out there leading the charge. In about a month, NCTQ is releasing a study of Illinois’ teacher preparation programs, and next year we’re partnering with US News and World Report to publish ratings of all of the nation’s education schools. Stay tuned for more.”

Kate WalshNational Center for Teacher

QualityTeacher Quality BulletinSeptember 30, 2010

PAST NCTQ PROJECTS

National Studies Elementary Mathematics Preparation Elementary Reading Preparation

State Studies IL, UT, NM, TX, CO, IN, WY

Upcoming Studies Student Teaching (Elementary Preparation)

HIGHLIGHTS OF NATIONAL PROJECT

Rating every SCDE (not included in the study are non-IHE based programs)

Primary Methodology – Review of syllabi, handbooks, other paper documents

Looking at 17 standards developed by NCTQ’s technical advisory board

Project completion expected in mid-2012

RESPONSES Non-participation by states: WI, GA, NY, KY,

MD

California formally questioned but didn’t decline

States are cooperating: NC, TN

States objected, but decision is with the institution: FL, HI, IL,CO, OH, RI, TX, UT, VA

AACTE surveyed its membership regarding participation in the project

CONCERNS (CADREI)

Non-participants should not be included

Shadow standards

Resources and Effort

Transparency Methodology Issues Who participates

Privates Non-higher education teacher education programs

HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND?

PRESSURES ON TEACHER EDUCATION

Or…………..

We can engage our critics

Show the data

Solve the problems

STATE OF STATEWIDE DATA SYSTEMS

Seen as the “answer” to the data issues

What is their current capacity?

Questions for Institutions

Are your educator preparation programs meeting the needs of:

Your students? How do you know?Your community? How do you know?Who are your partners?What is your unique contribution to the partnership?

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QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

What accountability/evaluation efforts are in place in your programs?

How are institutions of higher education engaged in or responding to national and state efforts?

Do you have evidenced-based data that allows you to talk about the quality of your teacher education program?