A Study On Teacher Competency Testing And Test Validity With Implications For Minorities And The Results And Implications Of The Use Of The Pre Professional Skills Test Ppst As A Screening Device For Entrance Into Teacher Education Programs In Texas
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A Study on Teacher Competency Testing and Test Validity with Implications for Minorities and the Results and Implications of the Use of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) as a Screening Device for Entrance Into Teacher Education Programs in Texas by Peter A. Garcia Pdf
Making Schools Work for Underachieving Minority Students by Josie G. Bain,Joan L. Herman Pdf
Labeled A Nation at Risk, Americans are urgently seeking reform in their public school systems. While many promising programs are being developed, they have not yet been validated. The national conference Making Schools Work for Underachieving Minority Students shared the best of what is presently known and deliberated on the implications for research, policy, and practice. Sponsored by CRESST (Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing), The National Urban League, and the National Council of LaRaza, the conference was financed by the U.S. Department of Education. Closely following the structure of the conference, this volume's contributors examine education's current status. They then investigate potentially promising approaches to specific problem areas. Contributors treat issues of evaluation and testing, and conclude by addressing the potential of collaborative efforts. Responding to a major challenge, community groups and organizations throughout the country are seeking answers to the problem of underachieving minority students. This volume builds on these shared interests and is a first step toward an intervention process. Topics covered include: creating effective instructional programs; reducing the dropout rate; preparing students for secondary and postsecondary success; helping limited English proficient students; and improving teacher quality. The volume's contributors hope to promote dialogue on promising practices, foster collaboration, identify critical R & D needs and collaborative arrangements, and identify testing and evaluation issues for subsequent inquiry.
School Leadership by Stuart Carl Smith,Philip K. Piele Pdf
Recognizing the importance of good leadership to the achievement of educational excellence, the second edition of this handbook synthesizes a large body of school leadership literature and explores the subject from three perspectives: the person, the structure, and the skills. Part I examines characteristics of today's educational leaders; effective leadership styles and qualities; administrator training, hiring, and induction methods; and the scarcity of female and black school leaders. Part II looks at the organizational supports underlying school leadership. This section examines the balance of authority between the central office and the school site, the team approach to management, the decision-making context, and the components of school climate. Part III highlights leadership abilities needed by today's school administrators. Besides knowing how to manage the school's instructional program and staff, administrators must be able to communicate in today's more open, sharing organization; build coalitions of community groups; make meetings more productive; and manage time, stress, and conflict more effectively. Concerned about integrating theory with practice, the book offers many practical suggestions for using the information presented. Accompanying each chapter are extensive bibliographical references that appear at the end of the volume. (MLH)
Handbook of Research on Teacher Education by Marilyn Cochran-Smith,Sharon Feiman-Nemser,D. John McIntyre,Kelly E. Demers Pdf
Co-Published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group and the Association of Teacher Educators. The Handbook of Research on Teacher Education was initiated to ferment change in education based on solid evidence. The publication of the First Edition was a signal event in 1990. While the preparation of educators was then – and continues to be – the topic of substantial discussion, there did not exist a codification of the best that was known at the time about teacher education. Reflecting the needs of educators today, the Third Edition takes a new approach to achieving the same purpose. Beyond simply conceptualizing the broad landscape of teacher education and providing comprehensive reviews of the latest research for major domains of practice, this edition: stimulates a broad conversation about foundational issues brings multiple perspectives to bear provides new specificity to topics that have been undifferentiated in the past includes diverse voices in the conversation. The Editors, with an Advisory Board, identified nine foundational issues and translated them into a set of focal questions: What’s the Point?: The Purposes of Teacher Education What Should Teachers Know? Teacher Capacities: Knowledge, Beliefs, Skills, and Commitments Where Should Teachers Be Taught? Settings and Roles in Teacher Education Who Teaches? Who Should Teach? Teacher Recruitment, Selection, and Retention Does Difference Make a Difference? Diversity and Teacher Education How Do People Learn to Teach? Who’s in Charge? Authority in Teacher Education How Do We Know What We Know? Research and Teacher Education What Good is Teacher Education? The Place of Teacher Education in Teachers’ Education. The Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) is an individual membership organization devoted solely to the improvement of teacher education both for school-based and post secondary teacher educators. For more information on our organization and publications, please visit: www.ate1.org
The Effect of Assessment on Minority Student Participation by Michael T. Nettles Pdf
Research results and insightful discussion to start a larger conversation It has long been established that minority students face disadvantages in testing, and testing agencies have addressed this issue with careful analysis and revamping of questions. But what about inside the classroom? The Effect of Assessment on Minority Student Participation reports the results of the research and analyzes the data to gain insight and suggest a new direction. Rigorous analysis backs thoughtful discussion in an effort to begin the conversation and make the necessary steps toward an equal playing field.
What is the Appropriate Role of Testing in the Teaching Profession? by Anonim Pdf
Five papers given at a conference on the role of testing in the teaching profession are presented. The conference partners included the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Educational Testing Service, Center for Fair and Open Testing, and National Education Association. The following issues are discussed: appropriate uses of testing within the teaching profession; who should control of the content, construction, and use of teacher tests; translation of public demands for teacher accountability into appropriate and equitable testing policies and procedures; and steps for preventing the misuse of teacher tests. The papers include: (1) "The NEA Perspective on the Role of Testing in the Profession" (Sharon P. Robinson); (2) "Teacher Testing in American Education: Useful But No Shortcut to Excellence" (Gregory R. Anrig); (3) "Testing Teachers: Strategies for Damage Control" (John G. Weiss); (4) "The Appropriate Role of Testing in the Teaching Profession" (Norene F. Daly); and (5) "Highlighting the Critical Issues" (Louis J. Rubin). Conference participants' observations and recommendations and panelists' reactions to the observations and recommendations are provided. Appropriate methods, times, and subjects for testing; the relation of testing to professional preparation and training; testing of minorities; and development and implementation of an agenda to implement testing policy are also discussed. The names and affiliations of the conference participants are listed. (TJH)