States need to strengthen reading instruction policies
While many states seek to improve literacy outcomes for students, they focus too little on a key component to strong implementation and sustainability: effective teachers.
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Most states don’t actually know if teachers are qualified to teach reading
Most states use a weak elementary teacher reading licensure test, meaning that they do not effectively measure teachers’ knowledge of scientifically based reading instruction prior to entering the…
6 reasons to improve teacher and principal evaluation policies
New data and analysis released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds ample opportunities for improvement in states’ teacher and principal evaluation policies. With educator quality…
Report: States improve teacher policies
Teacher policies across the U.S. averaged a C- grade, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), which on Dec. 8 released its ninth annual State Teacher…
The best and worst states for teacher policy
Teacher quality has been a hot, if polarizing, topic in education recently, with many states making what some perceive to be progressive steps in teacher policy. One new…
Teacher recruitment tool will factor in controversial ratings
In an incendiary move guaranteed to divide the education community, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has partnered with a web-based teacher hiring system that will factor…
Report: Teacher preparation programs an ‘industry of mediocrity’
In a new report that’s already dividing the education community within hours of its release, findings based on eight years of research are supposedly able to rank U.S.…