Building Better Teachers

National Review of
Teacher Preparation Programs

 

Our Research

Over the past seven years, NCTQ has established a strong track record in evaluating teacher preparation programs. Conducted in close consultation with national experts, our work with schools of education has been endorsed by education leaders around the country.

Lessons learned in producing the following reports serve as the foundation for this review.

National Studies
National Student Teaching Study (July 2011)
  • 50 states
  • 134 teacher preparation programs
 National Mathematics Study
(June 2008)
  • 50 states
  • 77 teacher preparation programs
National Reading Study (May 2006)
  • 35 states
  • 72 teacher preparation programs
"Few experts on reading instruction or teacher preparation are likely to dispute the overall conclusion of a new report that suggests most colleges of education are doing an inadequate job of preparing elementary teachers for what is arguably their most important task: teaching children to read."
Education Week, June 7, 2006

State Specific Studies
Illinois Undergraduate and Graduate: Elementary, Secondary, Special Education (Nov. 2010)
  • 111 teacher preparation programs in 53 traditional education schools; 3 independent providers
 Texas Undergraduate: Elementary, Secondary, Special Education (March 2010)
  • 67 teacher preparation programs
Reading and Mathematics (September-December 2009)
  • Utah (9 teacher preparation programs)
  • Wyoming (1 teacher preparation program)
  • Colorado (15 teacher preparation programs)
 Indiana Reading Study (March 2009)
  • 41 teacher preparation programs