OVERVIEW OF TQ DATA POLICIES IN SELECTED STATES
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Teachers for a New Era (TNE): State Policy Analysis by The Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) and the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ)
In June 2004, CPRE began a study on behalf of the Carnegie Corporation of New York examining the policy environments in the 10 states in which the 11 grantees of the Corporation’s Teachers for a New Era (TNE) project are located. The Corporation’s goal is to stimulate and support the redesign of these teacher education programs around three basic principles:
- Developing and using evidence to guide program improvements, including effects of graduates on student achievement;
- Full engaging arts and science faculty in the preparation of teachers; and
- Conceptualizing teaching as a clinical practice and profession that encompasses a period of residency following graduation.
The Corporation’s intent is to establish demonstration proofs that new approaches based on these principles are feasible and are more effective than conventional approaches to teacher training. To achieve this goal, the Corporation recognizes that the success, sustainability, and replication of these reforms will depend on the state policy environments in which each institution operates. The Corporation has asked CPRE to answer two critical questions:
Question 1: What policy changes may be needed to ensure implementation, continuation, and spread of these reforms in teacher education?
Question 2: What actions might be taken to bring about these changes?
To answer Question 1, CPRE is partnering with the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) and will work closely with the 11 institutions to identify policies at three levels that could affect the successful implementation and effectiveness of the proposed TNE reforms. The three levels include institutional policies, particularly those affecting the allocation of resources and the roles of faculty; a variety of state policies; and policies in the school districts that employ graduates of the programs.
CPRE and CTQ have interviewed key individuals at each of the 11 institutions to identify potential barriers in their institutions and states and the policy supports needed to implement the reforms. Research team members from CPRE and CTQ also interviewed key individuals at the state and district levels to collect information on policies that do and could support TNE initiatives. CTQ focused on the capacity of states to support TNE institutions in their efforts to assemble data on the effects of teacher education programs on teacher retention and student achievement. The data from these interviews and a review of documents will be used to develop a profile of the policy environment that will provide the basis for a policy roundtable in each state.
To help answer Question 2, the roundtables will bring together policymakers, representatives of the TNE institutions, and reform organizations in each of the 10 TNE states to create a shared understanding of the actions needed, to develop a strategy for taking action, and to identify and recruit organizations that could lead the effort to make the necessary policy changes.
Last updated: March 2, 2006