Improving Teacher Preparation

Journal of Social Studies Research, Fall 2005 by May, Marilyn

As education programs are reviewed and seek to meet the challenge of program development, continued student assessment will better direct improvement. Alignment with standardized state assessments will indicate areas for K-12 improvement and pre-service teacher assessments will identify areas that will require education program improvement. The balance between educational methods courses and content courses must continue to be evaluated to improve the quality of pre-service teacher preparation programs.

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