Quality Teacher Preparation:

High-Quality Teacher Preparation Programs
This document focuses on clear examples of quality teacher preparation.

How People Learn
By Suzanne Donovan, National Academy of Sciences, Presented at NCTAF Summit on Transforming Schools into Strong Learning Communities.

Tying the Assessment of New Teachers to Student Learning and to Teacher Preparation (2003)
By Patricia Wasley and G. William McDiarmid, University of Washington College of Education.

Teacher Quality Assurance:

Investing in Teaching Quality: A Toolkit for Campus Leaders
The main page of the Toolkit for Campus Leaders, with section links.

New Haven Unified School District: A Teaching Quality System for Excellence and Equity (1999)
By Jon Snyder. A report on the New Haven Unified School District's teacher quality system, starting from a look at the use of technology to enhance teacher recruitment to developing a teaching quality system that addresses nearly all of NCTAF's district-level recommendations from What Matters Most (1996).

Revisiting What States Are Doing to Improve the Quality of Teaching: An Update on Patterns and Trends (2001)
By Eric Hirsch, National Conference of State Legislatures; Julia E. Koppich, Koppich & Associates; and Michael S. Knapp, University of Washington, February 2001. Published by the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP). An updated version of a 1998 Working Paper, What States Are Doing to Improve the Quality of Teaching .

To Touch the Future: Transforming the Way Teachers are Taught (1999)
The Presidents' Task Force Report on Teacher Education, a report commissioned by the American Council on Education's PRESNET.