Now that NCATE is changing to CAEP, it is a good time to examine NCATE's effectiveness. Is there any research that demonstrates NCATE's impact on teacher preparation programs?
I don't know the answer to this, but I am also very interested. Good question, Elizabeth.
A bit off-point, but... in Massachusetts there are approximately 50 teacher preparation colleges/universities and according to NCATE there are 8 teacher prep entities (6 on page cited below)! See: http://www.educationdegree.com/programs/bachelors-in-education/massachusetts/
The problem does not seem to be NCATE's impact, but that teacher preparation entities are allowed to form their own curriculum with no oversight. It is especially odd given today's desire to have *legislated* accountability throughout the educational system!
@ Rob: Are you sure there's no accountability for the other teacher preparation programs in Massachusetts? NCATE is expensive for small programs, so here in Maine only three (out of 16) programs use NCATE, but all 16 go through a comprehensive program review process every five years (self-study written to standards, 3 day site visit overseen by the department of education and involving peer reviewers). Also the site you linked to listed the three NCATE schools in Maine but not all of the remaining programs - seems to be dependent on volunteered institutional information.
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