CAEP: A Bold Set of Teacher Preparation Standards Faces Challenges

Posted on September 27, 2018September 23, 2018 by coreeducation

Recently in Education Week, Madeline Will wrote about the challenges that the CAEP standards have faced in the past five years and the goal of strengthening teacher preparation. Excerpts of the piece appear below: The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, which was created by a 2010 merger between two national accrediting bodies, officially Read more about CAEP: A Bold Set of Teacher Preparation Standards Faces Challenges[…]

The Watchdogs of College Education Rarely Bite

Posted on July 8, 2015September 12, 2020 by coreeducation

Most colleges can’t keep their doors open without an accreditor’s seal of approval, which is needed to get students access to federal loans and grants. But accreditors hardly ever kick out the worst-performing colleges and lack uniform standards for assessing graduation rates and loan defaults, according to The Wall Street Journal. Those problems are blamed Read more about The Watchdogs of College Education Rarely Bite[…]

Improving Teacher Preparation

Posted on June 3, 2015May 31, 2015 by coreeducation

With an estimated 1.5 million new teachers entering schools over the next decade, what can policymakers do to ensure that the next generation of teachers is ready to teach on day one? A new brief released by the Education Policy Center at American Institutes for Research (AIR), A Million New Teachers Are Coming: Will They Read more about Improving Teacher Preparation[…]

New Language for Accreditation Standards Signals Successful Compromise

Posted on July 11, 2014 by coreeducation

The Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) has been working with representatives of teachers unions and other contributing parties to finalize new accreditation standards for teacher preparation, and these include a focus on student-achievement growth. While CAEP’s new standards still have to be approved by the accreditor’s board later this summer, the positive feedback Read more about New Language for Accreditation Standards Signals Successful Compromise[…]

Why the New Teacher Ed. Standards Matter

Posted on October 16, 2013 by coreeducation

The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), one of the leading organizations providing accreditation for teacher education programs across the country, recently released a new set of standards that its leaders hope will “elevate the teaching profession and improve outcomes for students.” Mary Brabeck, dean of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Read more about Why the New Teacher Ed. Standards Matter[…]

Alliance for Excellent Education Webinar: New Teacher Accreditation

Posted on September 18, 2013 by coreeducation

Recently, the Alliance for Excellent Education hosted a webinar, which is now available online on demand, entitled, “Next-Generation Standards and Accreditation Policies for Teacher Preparation and Development. The Alliance, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) held a webinar on the InTASC (Interstate Teacher Assessment Read more about Alliance for Excellent Education Webinar: New Teacher Accreditation[…]

CAEP “Raising the Bar” for Teacher Education Accreditation Programs

Posted on April 1, 2013 by coreeducation

The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) are merging into the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). CAEP will become the sole body responsible for the accreditation of teacher education programs and will serve the more than 900 educator preparation providers currently accredited Read more about CAEP “Raising the Bar” for Teacher Education Accreditation Programs[…]