Issues in Teacher Education articles from March 2009

Issues in Teacher Education archives from March 2009

Guest editors' introduction.
March 22, 2009... This special issue of Issues in Teacher Education presents research and diverse perspectives on the use of teaching performance assessment in teacher credentialing programs. In response to concerns about traditional measures of teachers'...

Taking stock of performance assessments in teaching.
March 22, 2009... For the past twenty years, approximately a human generation, educators, policy makers, and psychometricians have been developing performance assessments of teaching. From rudimentary portfolios to legally defensible assessment systems, the field...

A local evaluation of the reliability, validity, and procedural adequacy of the teacher performance assessment exam for teaching credential candidates.
March 22, 2009... In 1998, the California legislature passed Senate Bill SB 2042 which replaced the previous teacher certification legislation. The new law required that all elementary and secondary teacher certification programs in the State of California align...

Voices of pre-service teachers: perspectives on the Performance Assessment for California teachers (PACT).
March 22, 2009... Many educators and policy makers find the declining enrollment in California teacher preparation programs alarming (Commission on Teacher Credentialing [CTC], 2008a), especially given a nationwide statistic showing that one-third of all new...

Fresno assessment of student teachers: a teacher performance assessment that informs practice.
March 22, 2009... Traditional measures of teachers' competency have been widely criticized for their lack of authenticity and predictive validity (Darling-Hammond, 2001; Porter, Youngs, & Odden, 2001). There is little evidence regarding the technical...

Using the performance assessment for California teachers to examine pre-service teachers' conceptions of teaching mathematics for understanding.
March 22, 2009... Motivated by a concern about the low performance of American students in mathematics, the National Research Council published the report Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics (2001). This report summarizes a core body of research...

Beyond the scores: using candidate responses on high stakes performance assessment to inform teacher preparation for English learners.
March 22, 2009... Introduction As the number of English Learners (ELs) nationwide increases, teacher preparation programs must prepare preservice candidates for educating students from a wide variety of linguistic backgrounds (Alexander, Heaviside, &...

Teaching performance assessment: a comparative study of implementation and impact amongst California State University campuses.
March 22, 2009... Concerns about teacher competency have existed since the beginnings of public education in the nineteenth century (Arends, 2006). While research clearly indicates that teacher quality is a critical factor impacting student achievement in...

A collaborative approach to assessment: The Assessment and Improvement Management System (AIMS).
March 22, 2009... Over the last 25 years, the approaches to determining quality in teacher education have changed considerably. Historically, there has been a tendency to assume that teacher preparation programs are effective, while actual evaluation of programs...

Learning from Latino Teachers.(Book review)
March 22, 2009... Learning from Latino Teachers by Gilda L. Ochoa San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007 As a former assistant superintendent and currently as an administrator in a university's teacher preparation program who interviews each candidate seeking...

Fires in the Middle School Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from Middle Schoolers.(Book review)
March 22, 2009... Fires in the Middle School Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from Middle Schoolers by Kathleen Cushman & Laura Rogers New York: The New Press, 2008 Kathleen Cushman and Laura Rogers have provided an insightful look at the experience of...

Educational Psychology: An Application of Critical Constructivism.(Book review)
March 22, 2009... Educational Psychology: An Application of Critical Constructivism by Greg S. Goodman New York: Peter Lang, 2008 The discipline of educational psychology (Thorndike, 1914) emerged out of the need to measure people's intelligence in the...