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Welcome to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
The purpose of the Commission is to inspire, educate and protect the students of California. The Commission envisions all of California's diverse learners, preschool through grade 12, will be inspired and prepared to achieve their highest potential by a well-prepared and exceptionally qualified educator workforce.
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Mary Vixie Sandy, Ed.D, Executive Director Public and private institutions that prepare teachers in California undergo a comprehensive accreditation process that assesses program design and quality, investigates employer and candidate satisfaction, and includes candidate outcomes on rigorous tests including a teaching performance assessment that evaluates a teacher's skills and abilities in real K-12 classrooms with real students. Only teachers who meet a rigorous standard of knowledge and performance in the classroom may earn a teaching credential. As a result, we have a high level of confidence in the overall quality of educator preparation in California. Schools are dynamic and ever-evolving. California's strong preparation standards help ensure that we have programs that produce the well-trained teachers students need. A report released this week by a privately funded organization called the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), based in Washington, D.C., questions practices in California's colleges and universities. Fortunately, our credentialing practices in California are transparent, rigorous and frequently assessed. Should any concerns raised by the NCTQ report prove valid, they will be taken under consideration.
Dr. Linda Darling Hammond, Chair NCTQ's methodology is a paper review of published course requirements and course syllabi against a check list that does not consider the actual quality of instruction that the programs offer, evidence of what their students learn, or whether graduates can actually teach. Concerns about the organization's methods led most schools of education nationally and in California to decline to participate in the data collection. The ratings published in this report are, thus, based on partial and often inaccurate data, and fail to evaluate teacher education quality. NCTQ's methods are especially out of synch with California's approach to teacher education in two ways:
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