December 14, 2001

State Reports on Teacher-Training Programs Are a Work in Progress

By JULIANNE BASINGER

For the first time, states have filed federally mandated reports on the quality of their teacher-education programs with the U.S. Education Department. Despite early resistance from higher-education institutions and serious flaws in the reports' design, the lawmakers who championed the measure say it marks a step toward accountability.

The reports, which were required by Congress as part of the 1998 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, provide a patchwork picture of teacher

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