February 5, 1999

Accreditor Issues Draft Standards for Teacher Education

By JULIANNE BASINGER

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education last month released a draft of its first standards and assessment guidelines that would hold education programs responsible for the quality of their graduates' work as teachers.

The standards for elementary-school-teacher preparation would require schools of education that want accreditation from the council, known as NCATE, to provide evidence that

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