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Download full textResearch Connections in Special Education, 2003
This document offers three articles reporting research and practice on the use of paraeducators to provide support to students with disabilities and their teachers. Emphasis is on research funded by the Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs. The first article notes the increasing use of paraeducators to provide…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Eissenberg, Thomas E.; Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1988
A brief overview of the status of state programs designed to assess teacher competency is provided. Tests commonly used by states include tests of persons who apply to educational programs (admissions tests) and tests for graduates of teacher education programs (certification tests). Admissions tests are used by 24 states, while certification…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Scores
Lehmann, Irvin J.; Phillips, Susan E. – 1986
Teacher competency testing is not new, but since the mid-1970s the number of states requiring new teachers to be tested has grown rapidly. States differ in their definition of competence, in the methods they use to assess competence, and in the treatment of teachers who do not meet competency requirements. This monograph describes a national…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Minimum Competency Testing
