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Zimmer, Kayla Sue – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In 2009 New York State began an initiative to improve teaching and learning through the implementation of new teacher certification exams. The Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST) replaced the much-maligned Liberal Arts and Sciences Exam (LAST) that had been in a legal battle with minority test takers since 1996. Billed as a "basic test of…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Literacy, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competency Testing
Lewis, Carrie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With the unveiling of the National Educational Technology Plan 2010, both preservice and inservice K12 teachers in the United States are expected to create a classroom environment that fosters the creation of digital citizens. However, it is unclear whether or not teacher education programs build this direct instruction, or any other method of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Competency Testing