Research: Focusing In on Teachers
The big discussion: how teacher preparation is linked to student achievement.
Call this one the case of
Abell
v.
NCTAF
. In an 80-page
report last fall, the Baltimore-based Abell Foundation claimed to
debunk the idea that fully licensed teachers are any better than those
who lack such state credentials. Within days, the National Commission
on Teaching & America's Future shot back with a 50-page rebuttal
that tore apart the Abell document.
That response was then run over the coals a few weeks later in a 17-page rejoinder, co-written by Abell's senior policy analyst. Throughout the exchange, the charges flew like chairs on "The Jerry Springer Show." Using words like "shameful" and "dishonest," the parties accused each other of hypocrisy and of harboring ulterior motives.
What are the rest of us to make of this...
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