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Preparing History Teachers And Scholars?: Content Exams And Teacher Certification From The Progressive Era To The Age Of Accountability, Richard Hughes
Preparing History Teachers And Scholars?: Content Exams And Teacher Certification From The Progressive Era To The Age Of Accountability, Richard Hughes
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
In recent decades states have mandated brief, multiple-choice exams to assess the content knowledge of history teachers for certification. Despite the efforts of college professors to assess student learning through research papers, essay exams, and other assignments, the ability of college students to graduate and become certified to teach history depends on a passing score on a small number of multiple-choice questions. The overlooked story of how standardized testing came to shape the certification of history teachers began at least 80 years before federal legislation such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Used in almost every state, such exams undermine …
Getting Off The Fast Track For The Long Haul: Becoming A Teacher, Ariel Sacks
Getting Off The Fast Track For The Long Haul: Becoming A Teacher, Ariel Sacks
Occasional Paper Series
Explores the author's path into the teaching profession.
Preface: Alternative Routes To Teacher Certification, Jonathan Silin
Preface: Alternative Routes To Teacher Certification, Jonathan Silin
Occasional Paper Series
A growing research literature on non-traditional pathways suggests the complexity of the task ahead. Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification is our report from the front lines. We wanted to offer new teachers the opportunity to tell their own stories in their own words.