Reporting on Teacher Quality

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Darling-Hammond, L. (2000b). Teacher quality and student achievement: A review of state policy evidence. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 8(1).

Darling-Hammond, L. (2001, October). The research and rhetoric on teacher certification: A response to “Teacher certification reconsidered.” New York: National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future. Available from http://www.nctaf.org

Darling-Hammond, L. , & Sclan, E. M. (1996). Who teaches and why? In J. Sikula (Ed.), Handbook of research on teacher education (pp. 67-101). New York: Macmillan.

Heap, J. (2002, June). The DOE secretary’s report: Meeting the highly qualified teachers challenge (Internal Memo to the Governor’s Commission on Teaching Success). Athens, Ohio: Governor’s Commission on Teaching Success.

Huang, S. , Yi, Y. , & Haycock, K. (2002, June). Interpret with caution: The first state Title II reports on the quality of teacher preparation. Washington, DC: The Education Trust.

Kanstoroom, M. , & Finn, C. (1999, July). Better teachers, better schools. Washington, DC: Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

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Oakes, J. , Franke, M. , Quartz, K. , & Rogers, J. (2002). Research for high quality urban teaching: Defining it, developing it, assessing it. Journal of Teacher Education, 53, 228-234.

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Wilson, S. , Floden, R. , & Ferrini-Mundy, J. (2001). Teacher preparation research: Current knowledge, gaps, and recommendations, A research report prepared for the U.S. Department of Education. Seattle: University of Washington: Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy.

Wilson, S. , Floden, R. , & Ferrini-Mundy, J. (2002). Teacher preparation research: An insider’s view from the outside. Journal of Teacher Education, 53, 190-204.

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