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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Using Internal and External Evaluation to Shape Teacher Preparation Curriculum: A Model for Continuous Program Improvement
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Norman, Patricia J.; Sherwood, Sara A. S. – New Educator, 2015
The same high stakes accountability measures that have shaped the K-12 educational context over the past decade have become part of the university teacher preparation landscape. National accrediting organizations have created more rigorous, outcomes-based accountability measures for teacher preparation programs. Educational stakeholders offer…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Curriculum, Models, Program Improvement, Accountability
(Relatively) Smooth Sailing: How a Large State University Successfully Adopted the PACT Teaching Event
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Gainsburg, Julie; Ericson, Bonnie – New Educator, 2015
In this article, the PACT Coordinator and former Department Chair of the Department of Secondary Education at a large state university describe how the PACT Teaching Event was introduced, piloted and implemented in their department. Despite the size and complexity of this department, PACT implementation went relatively smoothly, with widespread…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Evaluation
Developing a Culture of Learning around the edTPA: One University's Journey
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Miller, Matthew; Carroll, David; Jancic, Mitchell; Markworth, Kimberly – New Educator, 2015
In this article, we discuss how an interdisciplinary faculty team at a midsized public university created supports for the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA), a high-stakes performance assessment for preservice candidates being adopted by many states. We provide a general description of our work in contending with the challenge of developing a…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Student Teacher Evaluation, Student Teacher Attitudes, Interdisciplinary Approach
Integrating Academic Language into Content Methodology: Supporting Math and Science Teacher Candidates to Meet Students' Language Needs
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Freking, Frederick; Park, Jaime; Francois, Annamarie – New Educator, 2015
This article describes how a teacher-education program (TEP), whose mission is to improve schooling for linguistically diverse students, develops its' teacher candidate's critical dispositions and pedagogy related to academic-language (AL) development and how candidate performance on PACT can help TEPs better assess and improve how AL…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Methods Courses, Educational Change
Integrating a Focus on Academic Language, English Learners, and Mathematics: Teacher Candidates' Responses on the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT)
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Bunch, George C.; Aguirre, Julia M.; Téllez, Kip – New Educator, 2015
Throughout the United States, teacher educators are developing new strategies to improve the preparation of mainstream teachers for linguistic diversity. In this article, we explore teacher candidates' responses to the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT), a preservice assessment required for credentialing that requires…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Performance Based Assessment, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction