Colleges and universities in California may be accredited or approved by four different agencies to offer approved programs of teacher education: the State Department of Education's Office of Private Postsecondary Education (OPPE) (for private institutions); the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC); the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC); and, optionally, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). This paper attempts to identify overlaps and gaps in the accreditation/evaluation processes, and presents recommendations for the redesign of the CTC. All the agencies use team visits. In addition, all but the CTC use self-studies. Standards appear to be the major difference between the agencies' approaches. OPPE and WASC concentrate on facilities, institutional support, faculty, and in a general manner, program content. NCATE's standards overlap CTC's guidelines in several areas of curriculum. The results of the comparison indicate that some combination of a self-study and candidate-centered evaluation, with more rigor in the initial approval process, is necessary to achieve more efficiency and effectiveness in the CTC evaluation process. (BW)
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- Location
- California
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- ['Speeches/Meeting Papers', 'Reports - Descriptive']
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- ED 248 1
- TM 840 577 1
- AUTHOR 1
- Bernhardt Victoria L. 1
- Evaluation Processes of Regional and National 1
- PUB DATE 1
- NOTE 23p. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the 1
- Orleans LA Apri1.23-27 1984. Small print in 1
- PUB TYPE 1
- Speeches Conference Papers 150 -- Reports 1
- Descriptive 141 1
- EDRS PRICE 1
- MF01PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS 1
- Education Institutional Evaluation Standards 1
- Teachir Education Programs 1
- California. California Commission on Teacher 1
- Credentialing California Office of Private Accreditation of Teacher Educ Western Association of 1
- Schools and Colleges 1
- ABSTRACT d 1
- WASC the Commission on Teacher Credentialing CTC.and 1
- Reproductions supplied by IDRS are the best that can 1