TY  - BOOK
AU  - Knowles,Kaeli T.
AU  - Plake,Barbara S.
AU  - Robinson,David Z.
AU  - Mitchell,Karen J.
TI  - Testing Teacher Candidates: The Role of Licensure Tests in Improving Teacher Quality
SN  - 9780309512961
AV  - LB1762.N37 2001 
U1  - 371.12 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Teaching-United States-Examinations
KW  - Teachers-Certification-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Defining Teacher Quality -- 3 Testing and Licensing Beginning Teachers -- 4 Developing an Evaluation Framework for Teacher Licensure Tests -- 5 Evaluating Current Tests -- 6 Using Licensure Tests to Improve Teacher Quality and Supply -- 7 Using Licensure Tests for Accountability -- 8 Improving Teacher Licensure Testing -- 9 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Appendix A Public Law 105-244 105th Congress -- Appendix B Teaching Standards of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC), National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) -- Appendix C Educational Testing Service (ETS) and National Evaluation Systems (NES) Teacher Licensure Tests -- Appendix D Teacher Requirements in Six States -- Appendix E An Economic Model of Supply and Demand for Teachers -- Appendix F Alternative Assessment Case Studies -- Appendix G Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Index -- Test 1 Preprofessional Skills Test (PPST): Reading Test* -- Test 2 Principles of Learning and Teaching Test (PLT): K-6* -- Test 3 Middle School: English/Language Arts Test* -- Test 4 High School Mathematics Proofs, Models, and Problems Part 1 Test* -- Test 5 Biology: Content Knowledge, Part 1 and 2 Tests*
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