Teaching Standards
Education
Committee Cuts Funds for Teaching-Standards Board
All the federal funding that now goes to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards would be shifted to block grants for teacher training, under a plan narrowly approved last week by the House education committee.
Education
Two Key Officials Have Resigned From National Teaching-Standards Board
Two senior staff members have resigned from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the privately organized group that is establishing a voluntary system for certifying outstanding teachers.
Education
Teaching-Standards Board Tops List of Grant-Winners
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is the
nation's number-one grants-winning group in elementary and secondary
education, according to a publication issued by the Foundation Center
in New York.
Education
Teaching-Standards Board Unveils Test Plans, Sites
The National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards has formed a network of school districts and universities in
19 states that will field test both its assessments and the operation
of its certification system.
Education
Professional Teaching Standards
In another year or two, teachers may be able to earn national certification, which, in turn, may earn them higher pay, a greater say in decisionmaking, and more autonomy on the job.
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards was established in 1987 with the goal of raising the status of teaching to that of other professions. Toward that end, the board, the majority of whose 63 members are teachers, has defined what professional teachers should know and be able to do. Now it is hard at work developing assessments that teachers will have to pass to become certified--assessments that go well beyond pencil and paper tests.
Education
Opinion
States Must Create Teaching Standards Boards
The legislative season arrives soon. And in many states, policymakers will be considering bills to create professional standards boards for teachers.
Education
National Teaching-Standards Board Creates 3 'Working Groups'
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has divided itself into three "working groups'' to address some of the central policy issues involved in creating a national system for certifying teachers.
The three groups--on certification and standards, assessment methods and processes, and education policy and reform--will meet throughout the year, with the goal of developing recommendations that the full board could vote on as early as next January.
Education
Boston Seeks To Improve Teaching With Higher Standards, Cash Awards
Beginning this year, the performance of Boston public-school students in a new citywide curriculum will be considered when their teachers are evaluated.