The National Board: Challenged by Success?

Autor/in	Keller, Bess
Titel	The National Board: Challenged by Success?
Quelle	In: Education Week, 26 (2007) 45, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Credentials; Teacher Certification; Teacher Effectiveness; Rewards; Professional Development; Faculty Mobility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienbuch; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Reward; Belohnung
Abstract	With the number of teachers who have won certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) expected to reach 60,000 by year's end, the credential has become a fixed part of the education scene. However, the group's success raises at least one new troubling question about the certification's future value, and fails to allay policy concerns about the millions of dollars that states and districts spend on teachers who win the certification. The past few years, especially, have seen sharp growth in the number of teachers who have tackled the demanding process. The figures have been spurred by rewards for the credential from more than 30 states and scores of districts. National-board officials say that if the current trend continues, about 2% of the nation's teachers will hold the credential by 2008. Still, the 20-year-old, privately organized NBPTS might be challenged by success. For instance, as more teachers seek the certification, will its worth slip? Overall, there is more research evidence that the credential signals effectiveness, especially when it comes to educating poor and minority children in the lower grades, than that the process makes better teachers. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10