| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 145 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface: What led to the "Massachusetts education miracle"? -- Why we know so little about teacher licensure tests -- Who needs a license to teach and why? -- About teacher licensure tests -- History of teacher licensure tests in the United States -- What generates topics on subject area licensing tests? -- Rationale for new and old licenses in the Bay State -- Other facets of a teacher licensing system to strengthen undergraduate majors -- Strengthening veteran teachers -- Studies of predictive validity and construct validity -- Difficulties in requiring more demanding subject area licensure tests -- What state legislatures probably shouldn't do -- What policy makers and state legislators can do. |
| Summary |
"Teachers cannot teach what they do not know. This country has tolerated a weak licensing system for prospective teachers for decades. This weak system has been accompanied by an increasingly emptier curriculum for most students, depriving them of the knowledge and skills needed for self-government. An Empty Curriculum makes the case that the complete revision of the licensing system for prospective and veteran teachers in Massachusetts in 2000 and the construction of new or more demanding teacher licensing tests contributed significantly to the Massachusetts "education miracle." That "miracle" consisted of enduring gains in achievement for students in all demographic groups and in all regional vocational/technical high schools since 2005--gains confirmed by tests independent of Massachusetts policy makers. The immediate purpose of this book is to explain what Massachusetts did in 2000 to strengthen its teacher licensing and re-licensing system to ensure that all teachers could teach to relatively strong K-12 standards. Its larger purpose is to suggest that development of strong academic standards in all major subjects should be followed by complete revision of a state's teacher licensing system, not, as has been the case for several decades, the development of K-12 student tests--if this country wants to strengthen public education."--Publisher's description |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Teachers -- Certification -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Teachers -- Training of -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. |
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General. |
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Teachers -- Certification. |
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Teachers -- Training of. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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manuals (instructional materials)
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: An empty curriculum. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015] 9781475815665 (DLC) 2014044933 |
| ISBN |
9781475815689 (ebook) |
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1475815689 |
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9781475815689 (electronic) |
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9781475815665 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9781475815672 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1475815662 |
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1475815670 |
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