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Sources of Information on Personnel Preparation and Teacher Quality
AACTE EDUCATION POLICY CLEARINGHOUSE, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education - AACTE's EdData feature provides news, research, and information on legislation, with an emphasis on teacher quality, No Child Left Behind, educational testing, and other topics. Users may search the database for information on a variety of topics, such as vouchers, charter schools, special education, and others.
Research, news, and links on teacher quality:
http://www.edpolicy.org/research/teacherq/index.php
Research, news, and links on No Child Left Behind:
http://www.edpolicy.org/research/nclb/index.php
ASSESSMENT AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WestEd (the Assessment Specialty Regional Educational Laboratory) - Among other things, WestEd is involved in teacher assessment projects that are making use of new methodologies to document teacher knowledge and skill. These include projects targeting specific teacher groups (for example, certifying teachers to teach English language learners; helping beginning teachers improve their skills). Project samples are available at the web site.
http://www.wested.org/asds/
CENTER ON PERSONNEL STUDIES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, University of Florida - COPSSE is conducting research on a set of guiding questions: (a) What characterizes efficient and effective practice in initial preparation as measured by beginning teacher quality and retention? (b) How do school and district contexts influence beginning teacher quality and retention? (c) How does State policy context affect the shortage of qualified special education teachers? (d) How does State policy context affect the content and process of teacher education? Research syntheses and issue briefs may be downloaded.
http://www.coe.ufl.edu/copsse/
DATABASE OF PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE RESEARCH TO PRACTICE DIVISION, OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS - Contains abstracts of more than 1100 projects funded under the discretionary program provisions of IDEA.
http://www.cec.sped.org/osep/search.html
EDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE STATES: TEACHING QUALITY POLICY CENTER - Provides information, guidance, and technical assistance to State policymakers and education leaders who are interested in improving the quality of teaching (click Projects and Centers to find "Teaching Quality"). ECS also tracks State policy developments.
http://www.ecs.org
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TEACHING AND AMERICA'S FUTURE - Calls on all components of the education system to join in improving teacher retention by at least 50 percent by 2006, through (a) organizing every school for teaching and learning success;
(b) insisting on quality teacher preparation, program accreditation, and licensure; and
(c) developing and sustaining professional, rewarding career paths for teachers from mentored induction through accomplished teaching.
http://www.nctaf.org
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER QUALITY - Focuses on (a) teacher preparation and certification (e.g., alternative certification, unconventional recruiting, subject matter knowledge, teacher education reform); (b) school staffing (e.g., principal autonomy, teacher career ladders, tenure); (c) teacher salaries, merit pay, higher pay in shortage fields and hard-to-staff locations; (d) evaluating and improving teacher performance; (e) holding schools and teachers accountable. Developments in alternative certification, reform of teacher education, and related topics are described and/or linked at this site.
http://www.nctq.org/
NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS, Utah State University --
Addresses and shares information about issues and policy questions; provides technical assistance; and disseminates information on management practices, regulatory procedures, and training models to improve the recruitment, deployment, supervision, and career development of paraprofessionals. The web site includes information on paraeducator professional development programs, mentoring systems, certification programs, and career ladders. Links to sites of State and higher education programs are shown.
http://nrcpara.org/
TEACHER QUALITY AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL, National Association of State Boards of Education - A continuing series of policy briefs, reports, and articles on teacher preparation, certification, professional development, and related topics. Full texts.
http://www.nasbe.org/Educational_Issues/Teacher.html
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