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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

Teacher Quality Policy

OSEP Project Directors MeetingWashington DC

July 21, 2014Jane E. West, Ph.D

[email protected]

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Teacher Quality Policy Areas

• Teacher Evaluation • New 50-state teacher equity plan• “Highly Qualified”• Teacher preparation: regulations and Higher

Education Act Reauthorization

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Teacher Evaluation• Waiver extensions and status examples– MD: use of teacher evaluations that include test

scores on hold until 2016-17 – using SLOs– NV: use of teacher evaluation for personnel decisions

waived until 2016-17– NY: teachers evaluated using test scores, but for

those who earn lowest 2 ratings, a second evaluation that excludes CC test scores. Higher rating used for personnel decisions.

– WA: state failed to pass bill requiring state tests to be a factor in teacher evaluations by 2017-18 school year

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Teacher Evaluations cont.

• Most waivers with extensions related to teacher evaluation expire in 2016-17 school year

• A new president will be elected November 2016• Future of waivers and teacher evaluation?

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Highly Qualified• Provision inserted into appropriations bill in 2010

overturned district court decision to allow teachers who enroll in alternate route programs to be considered “highly qualified” while they are learning how to become teachers and seeking full certification

• Provision expires in 2016• Congress mandated report from Department of Ed

on distribution of these teachers in terms of high need students – sped, EL, rural, low income by state

• What is the entry bar to the profession?

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New 50 State Teacher Equity Plan• Announced by WH and Sec. Duncan July 7• Letter to Chiefs:– Every state must update (from 2006) their ESEA Equity plan

to ensure that poor and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other children by “inexperienced, unqualified, out-of-field teachers”

– SEA must work with stakeholders and analyze data to revise plan

– Guidance from DOE in fall– New TA network $4.2 million to support states and districts – By Fall 2014, catalogue of effective practices in analyzing

and addressing inequitable access

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New 50 state equity plan cont…• Data Release and State profiles– Each SEA will have all data from Civil Rights data

collection including teacher experience, teacher absenteeism, teacher certification, access of students to rigorous coursework, school expenditures

– State teacher equity profiles on Department website using CRDC data to point out inequities between high and low poverty and minority schools

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Teacher Prep Regulations• 2012 – negotiated rulemaking failed to achieve

consensus• Title II and TEACH grants• April, 2014 – proposed regulations go to OMB – to be

released this summer with 30-60 day comment period; final by end of year

• Key components– State systems to evaluate every prep program using k-12

VAM, surveys of principals and graduates, placement and retention

– Ratings determine eligibility for TEACH grants, student financial aid for aspiring teachers in high need fields

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Teacher Prep Concerns • Efficacy of using VAM to determine program

effectiveness• No such system exists; impact and consequences

unknown• Negative impact on minority serving institutions and

programs for high need fields such as special ed and EL

• State capacity and workability• Congress reauthorizing the Higher Education Act• Tying access to student financial aid to a program

rating

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Administration’s Higher Ed Rating System

• Postsecondary Institution Rating System (PIRS)• Measures– Access– Affordability– Accountability

• Tie rating system to access to student financial aid

• Due out this Fall• Final version before 2015-16 school year

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Teacher Prep: Higher Education Reauthorization

• House– 14 hearings– Teacher Prep Hearing Feb. 27– Republican Priorities for Reauthorizing HEA – June 25

• Senate– Multiple hearings– Teacher Prep hearing March 25– Harkin discussion draft issued June 25 – Republicans developing initiatives

• Administration– No bill– Multiple rulemakings and initiatives

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House Republican HEA Priorities for Teacher Prep

• Eliminate Teacher Quality Partnership Grant program (move tenets to ESEA)

• Reduce reporting requirements so they yield useful information that measures program effectiveness without adding undue burden to states and institutions

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Harkin Discussion Draft “Higher Education Affordability Act”

• Title II = 124 of 785 pages!• Four Key Components on Educator Prep– Definitions– Educator Quality Partnership Grants– New Competitive State Grant for Preparation Reform– Accountability and Data Collection

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Some Key Definitions32 definitions including:

• Effective literacy instruction• Clinical training• High Quality Professional Development• Induction program• Mentor and mentoring• Recent program graduate• Principles of scientific research• Student growth• Teacher performance assessment• Teaching skills

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Harkin draft cont.• TQP becomes EQP – Educator Quality

Partnerships– IHE and teacher prep program partners with high

need LEA– One year residency– 1 year living stipend– Teachers and principals– High need fields (special ed) and high need schools– Must teach three years after completing program– New data collection: evaluation systems, retention,

survey results

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Harkin draft cont. State Innovation in Education Preparation• New competitive state grant program• Every state must rate every prep program

(teacher and principal) on a 1-4 scale using:– Satisfaction surveys of employers– Satisfaction surveys of graduates– Statewide measure of impact on student learning via

evaluation systems or evidence of student growth that is evidence based or externally validated

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Ingredients for rating system cont.• Retention up to three years• Same metrics and weights for all programs• Public reporting program by program basis• Provide to all LEAS and school boards in state• Interventions for low performers– Needs assessment if low performer for 1 year– No TEACH grants if low performing for 3 years– Termination if low performing for 4 years– Programs on lowest rating automatically low

performing

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Priorities for grant distribution• Capacity to implement• Demonstrated record of effective reform of

educator preparation• Likelihood of sustaining reforms• Data systems that link to prep programs in place• Statewide evaluation systems using student

growth in place• Strong partnerships between IHEs and high

need LEAs

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New state grantees must• Recruit top talent • Have selective admissions• Provide clinical prep in high need schools• Prepare all teacher to teach students with

disabilities and English learners• Ensure subject matter mastery and effective

classroom management• Require all prep programs in state to participate• Require all prep programs to address LEA

workforce needs

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New State grantees must….

• Report results to applicants to prep programs, school administrators

• Redesign certification and licensing to align to CCRS

• Utilize data in program approval• Require high quality clinical training

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Institutional, State Report Cards• Similar Title II data collection• Criteria for determining low performing

programs:– Candidates academic strength– Pass rates on certification exams– Hours of clinical training– Employment outcomes including placement,

retention and evaluations– Results of satisfaction surveys

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Issues in Teacher Prep in Higher Ed Bills

• Rating System• Link to student aid• State Role• GREAT Act• Title II Data• State and Federal Report cards• Unintended impact on high need students and

fields, including special education

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Disability Provisions in Harkin Bill • The National Technical Assistance Centers for Higher

Education Access• The National Technical Assistance Center for Disability

Support Services at Institutions of Higher Education• The National Data Center on Higher Education and

Disability• Transition Programs for Postsecondary Students with

Disabilities• Provisions related to strengthening the development and

access to accessible instructional materials • A Commission on Serving and Supporting Students with

Psychiatric Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education

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Make Your Voice Heard

• By August 29 at 5 pm: comments on Sen. Harkin’s draft Higher Ed reauthorization bill to [email protected]

• When teacher prep regs are released (this summer?) 30-60 days for public comment

• Contact your state and local leaders to be a part of developing your educator equity plan

mailto:[email protected]

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And remember……

If you’re not at the table,You’re probably on the

menu.

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