Education scholars are critiquing their
standards and methodology of this report--akin to "restaurant reviews," as one professor
says. More of the same pattern of
demonization of higher education, targeting colleges of education.
-Angela
Disputed Review Finds Disparities in Teacher Prep
Only a small number of teacher education programs nationally are
designed so that new teachers are adequately prepared, concludes a
long-awaited and deeply contested independent review.
Released today by the Washington-based National Council on Teacher Quality and U.S. News and World Report, the project
grades programs on up to 18 standards on a scale of zero to four stars.
Just four programs, all in secondary teacher preparation, earned a
four-star overall rating—Furman University, in South Carolina; Lipscomb
and Vanderbilt universities, in Tennessee; and Ohio State University.
Earning at least three stars were 104 programs.
About 160 programs were deemed so weak that they were put on a “consumer alert” list by the council.
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