New American Foundation Calls On Congress To Boost Teacher Prep Accountability

Stephen Sawchuk writes at the Education Week (3/25) “Teacher Beat” blog that the New American Foundation has released a white paper urging Congress to “require the states to include outcomes-based measures of program quality” when reauthorizing Title II of the Higher Education Act, which “currently requires all colleges preparing teachers to submit ‘report cards’ on teacher preparation and to designate programs as ‘at risk’ or ‘low performing.’”