Institutional/Image
Summary: The number of “At-Risk” teacher education schools jumps from 17 schools in 2005 to 31 schools in 2006. The majority of the accreditation bodies never reported the schools as “low-performing.”
Topic: Accrediting of all schools of education
Category: Institutional, Non-profit/Image
What is it? A chart of “At-Risk” teacher preparation schools
Publication Information: Education Sector, May 1, 2007
Author: U.S. Department of Education
Location: http://www.educationsector.org/analysis/analysis_show.htm?doc_id=479747
Accessed: Mar. 15, 2009
Support:
- U.S. Department of Education
- Higher Education Act (HEA), passed by Congress in 1998 requires states to have an assessment of teacher programs in place
- Kevin Carey, author of the accompanying article, “
Audience and Agenda: Education Sector is a non-profit organization that assess eduction policies and looks to reform the education system. Their audience is policy-makers that can use their data to shape education policies.
Usefulness: The graph shows the large jump in the number of “At-Risk” schools The article focuses on who is accountable for the growing number of “At-Risk” teacher schools. While everyone first looks to the state, most states respond that their teacher education programs have an accreditation body employed for this very reason. The question then is, why aren’t accreditation agencies able to assess a low-performance school? Is it because they are unable to accurately measure the quality of the education, or are they omitting their findings for fear of losing a paying client?
Works Cited:
- The “About” page for Education Sector: http://www.educationsector.org/whoweare/
