Teacher Competency Testing: Implications for Certification, Program Approval, and the Teacher Education Curriculum.

Roth, Robert A.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Teacher Competency Testing: Implications for Certification, Program Approval, and the Teacher Education Curriculum.

Roth, Robert A.

Action in Teacher Education, v7 n1-2 p7-12 Spr-Sum 1985

To discuss teacher certification and its relationship to competency testing and teacher preparation, it is important to understand what it is and what its purpose is. This article focuses on the impact of competency testing on the teacher education curriculum and the relationship of tests to certification and program approval processes. (MT)

Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Scores, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Evaluation, Test Selection

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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