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Leveraging American Rescue Plan Funds to Advance Literacy: A Step-by-Step Guide for States and Early Reading Advocates
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Leveraging American Rescue Plan Funds to Advance Literacy: A Step-by-Step Guide for States and Early Reading Advocates

Kate Walsh, Elizabeth Cohen April 2021

With the significant infusion of dollars now available to both states and school districts, we have a unique opportunity to finally reduce high rates of illiteracy, particularly in populations which have been traditionally underserved by an inequitable system of education. Instead of a third of all children entering 4th grade still unable to read at a basic level, the application of evidence based instruction can reduce that number to as low as 5%. That's a...

Licensing tests, Reading, State role, Professional Development, Licensing tests, Reading, State role, Professional Development
State of the States 2021: Teacher Preparation Policy
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State of the States 2021: Teacher Preparation Policy

Hannah Putman, Kate Walsh March 2021

NCTQ examines state policy trends that govern some of the most essential aspects of teacher preparation, from reading and content knowledge licensure exams to admissions and basic skills test requirements.

Licensing tests, Reading, State role, Teacher Prep, Licensing tests, Reading, State role, Teacher Prep
Teacher Prep Review: Program Diversity and Admissions 2021
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Teacher Prep Review: Program Diversity and Admissions 2021

Graham Drake, Kate Walsh, Amber Moorer, Christie Ellis February 2021

New data from NCTQ examines the interplay between racial diversity and admissions standards in teacher preparation programs. We present strong evidence that these two considerations need not be competing goals, finding just short of 200 programs that are both contributing to greater teacher diversity and have adequate admissions standards.

Roll Call 2020
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Roll Call 2020

Patricia Saenz-Armstrong December 2020

Teachers remain the most important in-school factor for student learning. The implementation of remote learning reminds us of teachers' preeminent importance, with current schooling stripped of all but this one essential feature. Teachers can accomplish so much each day, that any day that they are absent means lost learning for their students.

Leave policies, Teacher attendance, District contracts and unions, Work Day, Leave policies, Teacher attendance, District contracts and unions, Work Day
NCTQ Databurst: State Oversight of Alternate Routes into Teaching
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NCTQ Databurst: State Oversight of Alternate Routes into Teaching

Shannon Holston December 2020

All but four states in the nation now permit teachers to come into the profession through an "alternate route," compared to only a few 30 years ago. Alternate routes into the classroom have grown so acceptable that about one in five teachers now enters the profession through one of these programs, which offer some real benefits to the profession. Nearly double the percentage of teacher candidates in alternate route programs identify as Black and more...

Licensing tests, Reading, Subject matter knowledge, State role, Alternative pathways, Licensing tests, Reading, Subject matter knowledge, State role, Alternative pathways
2020 Teacher Prep Review: Clinical Practice and Classroom Management
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2020 Teacher Prep Review: Clinical Practice and Classroom Management

Laura Pomerance, Kate Walsh October 2020

Strong preparation requires meaningful practice. New data looks at the training provided by over 1,000 elementary teacher preparation programs in how to manage a classroom and in program efforts to assert quality control in clinical practice experiences (including both student teaching and residencies).

Student teaching, Classroom management, Teacher Prep, Student teaching, Classroom management, Teacher Prep
The Four Pillars to Reading Success
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The Four Pillars to Reading Success

June 2020

Learning how to read is not something that comes naturally. Many children need instruction from their teachers that follows the research on the most effective and efficient methods of teaching reading (often referred to as the "science of reading"). The path to literacy is supported by many actors, but states have a role in these four essential pillars: Pillar 1: Insisting that prep programs build teacher candidate knowledge. It is this pillar where states can make the...

Reading, State role, Teacher Prep, Professional Development, Reading, State role, Teacher Prep, Professional Development
A+ Reading Programs
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A+ Reading Programs

Amber Moorer June 2020

Every year, over a million children, most of them black and Hispanic, enter the fourth grade unable to read. Fully half of elementary teacher preparation programs have addressed this inequity head-on, preparing future teachers in the science of reading. But some programs have answered the call better than others. In this Snapshot, NCTQ explores the successes of the A+ reading programs of three universities - Lewis-Clark State College, Lenoir-Rhyne University, and Marshall University.

Reading, Teacher Prep, Reading, Teacher Prep

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