Toward Usable Strategies for Teacher Education Program Evaluation. Teacher Education Networks.

Overview & Synopsis

Papers by teacher education practitioners, on the topic of evaluation of teacher education programs, with responses by evaluation experts, are presented: (1) "Teacher Education's Evaluation of Graduates: Where Are We Going and How Do We Know When We Get There?" (J. T. Sandefur); (2) "Requirements of a Data Base for Effective Program Evaluation" (Robert A. Roth); (3) "A Practitioner's Perceptions Regarding Problems in Assessing the Effectiveness of Teacher Education Programs" (Maurice C. Erly); (4) "NCATE Accreditation: Problems, Issues, and Needed Research" (William E. Gardner); (5) "Program Evaluation in Teacher Education: From Admissions through Follow-Up" (Gary R. Galluzzo); (6) "Building Program Ownership: A Collaborative Approach to Defining and Evaluating the Teacher Training Program" (Gary D. Borich); (7) "Introductory Guidelines for Designing Evaluations of Teacher Education Programs" (Nick L. Smith); (8) "Explorations in the Evaluation of Teacher Education" (Daniel L. Stufflebeam); and (9) "Program Evaluation in Teacher Education: Future Directions" (Marlene I. Strathe). (CJ)