Accreditation agencies and organizations calling for higher academic standards in the teaching profession have called for increasing minimum grade point averages and scores on standardized tests. However, it's not clear that these requirements actually improve teaching. Lisa Borden-King, Warren Gamas, Kathy Hintz, and Chelsie Hultz researched…

Delaware Law School founder Alfred Avins successfully sued accreditation team member James White for defamation as a result of comments made in 1974 and 1975. An appeals brief claims Avins was a "public figure," that he consented to accreditation, and that the accreditation process deserves court protection against such suits. (PGD)

Until confusion over institutional branches and satellites is cleared up, more precise statements of the scope and limitations of accreditation are devised, and better monitoring and accountability during the time between evaluation visits are achieved, private, voluntary accreditation only deserves two cheers. (Author/IRT)

Describes the redesign of standards of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and roles played by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the National Education Association. Examines five categories into which new unit-based NCATE standards fall and predicts some important outcomes of the…

NCATE (the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) has been unable to unify the teaching profession through professional accreditation standards; the largest impediment has been assertion of states' rights. The adoption of a common system of national accreditation is virtually a prerequisite to developing a respected,…

Emphasis is placed on the need for effective coordination of State and national agencies in this discussion of likely alternative methods for accreditation of teacher education programs and institutions. (JH)

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education's strong movement to strengthen accreditation appears to have generated the same kinds of criticism and condemnation as before the redesign. However, results of interviews with 32 teacher education and NCATE leaders show overwhelming support for NCATE. Schools, colleges, and departments…

Florida's state university system recently invested over $76 million in its education colleges. A national accrediting process based on peer review would help determine the existence of high-quality programs. NCATE (the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education), the Florida Department of Education, and the board of regents are…

Four educators agree the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) should ensure quality of teacher education, change and quantify standards, and increase its power. They oppose both NCATE accreditation of state departments of education instead of education programs and standardized teacher preparation programs. (PB)

The idea of teacher growth and development as a continuum spanning a teaching career guides the National Council for Accreditation for Teacher Education's emerging standards. The 1995 NCATE standards revision emphasizes performance and performance-based assessments, professional collaboration and community, technology, and diversity of curriculum,…

To avoid treating or paying teachers as professionals, our society and its educational system have willingly accepted mediocrity. Moving toward a new vision of teaching, this article proposes the integration of three policy mechanisms (accreditation, licensing, and advanced certification) producing three types of teachers: instructors (college…

Sympathizes with Iowa universities' decision to withdraw from National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), despite James Sutton's objections in October 1993 issue of "Kappan." Preparation for NCATE accreditation costs too much; the language of the standards is too political. The Iowa presidents were frustrated by…

The Federal Government could upgrade proprietary school accreditation by improving its internal systems, coordinating federal programs, establishing an information clearinghouse and technical assistance institute, and supporting a change to a time-limited licensing system. (Author/DW)

The preparation of teachers in any discipline is a complex enterprise with an array of stakeholders serving as gatekeepers. In the May "Kappan", Sam Wineburg focused his analysis of the preparation of social studies teachers on the curriculum standards of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and on the teacher preparation…

The director of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) argues that NCATE is much further along in reviewing its standards and processes than its critics allege. (Author/IRT)