NCATE Approves Outcome Standards for Preparation of Teachers

By Karen Diegmueller

The national body that accredits teacher-training institutions last week ratified its first set of outcomes-based content standards for the preparation of teachers.

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education approved standards for curriculum and teacher-candidate performance that have been developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Science Teachers Association, and the American Library Association, as well as the advanced physical-education guidelines of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

The NCATE board of directors took the action at its...