The Obama administration announced a new $185 million competition Friday that would reward colleges for producing teachers whose students perform well on standardized tests.
The competition would require states to provide data linking collegiate teaching programs inside their borders to the test scores of their graduates' students. Under the proposal, to be eligible for the money, states would have to ratchet up teacher-licensing exams and close persistently low-performing teacher-training programs.
via online.wsj.com
Thanks to Bob Dixon for the link.
[posted by Brent]
At first blush, sounds like it a great idea. I think most agree there is a need for improving the education of future teachers.
What bothers me is that there is no specific goal. Appears to be another multimillion mishmash governmental program; if so, a real shame for the future teachers, children and the nation..
Bob D
Posted by: robert dixon | October 02, 2011 at 09:07 AM