Panel Studying Concept of Solo Teacher Ed. Accreditor

The premier advocacy group for teacher colleges has launched a task force to investigate a unified system of accreditation for the profession.

At its annual meeting this month, the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education approved the creation of a task force that includes two representatives each from the two vastly different national accreditation agencies—the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council —as well as two representatives of AACTE. The task force is expected to come out with a report by May.

Sharon P. Robinson, the president of AACTE, said her group has been “listening to the membership and hearing an expression that there is a real desire to coalesce and focus our energy...