Reports from the States: Illinois--Cheap Tests and Standardized Education Programs.

Abt-Perkins, Dawn

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Publication Date: 2002

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Reports from the States: Illinois--Cheap Tests and Standardized Education Programs.

Abt-Perkins, Dawn

English Education, v34 n2 p156 Jan 2002

Considers how Illinois has always tested teachers for certification, but now state officials are holding teacher education programs at colleges and universities accountable for "passing rates" on these examinations as part of the Federal Title II initiative which is intended to identify and make public "bad quality" teacher education programs. (SG)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Standardized Tests, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Illinois

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