Licensing teachers : design for a teaching profession / Arthur E. Wise, Linda Darling-Hammond with Barnett Berry, Stephen P. Klein.

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Wise, Arthur E [author.]

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Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1987Description: xv, 96 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

computer
unmediated

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online resource
volume

ISBN:

0833008358

Subject(s):

Teachers -- Certification -- United States

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Electronic books.

LOC classification:

LB1771 .W58 1987

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Summary: During the 1980s, public attention to the quality of education has increased policymakers' concern about the quality of teachers. Although it is relatively easy to assess basic skills and academic knowledge, evaluating teaching skills is far more complex and less well understood. This report presents a new approach to appraising teacher performance. The design, adapted from study of licensing in other professions, requires a substantial supervised internship as a precondition to taking a new standardized (not multiple choice) test of teaching skills. The combination of these two requirements is necessary and sufficient to provide the public with the assurance that novice teachers are fit to begin professional service.

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"Center for the Study of the Teaching Profession."

"November 1987."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-96).

During the 1980s, public attention to the quality of education has increased policymakers' concern about the quality of teachers. Although it is relatively easy to assess basic skills and academic knowledge, evaluating teaching skills is far more complex and less well understood. This report presents a new approach to appraising teacher performance. The design, adapted from study of licensing in other professions, requires a substantial supervised internship as a precondition to taking a new standardized (not multiple choice) test of teaching skills. The combination of these two requirements is necessary and sufficient to provide the public with the assurance that novice teachers are fit to begin professional service.

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

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