Arthur Levine skýrslan.
Educationg Schools Project. Árið 2006 gáfu samtökin út skýrslu, Educating School Teachers, þar sem m.a. eru sett fram níu viðmið sem nota má til að meta kennaramenntun:
This study offers a nine-point template for judging the quality of teacher education programs.
1. Purpose: The program’s purpose is explicit, focusing on the education of teachers; the goals reflect the needs of today’s teachers, schools, and children; and the definition of success is tied to student learning in the classrooms of education school graduates.
2. Curricular coherence: The curriculum mirrors program purposes and goals. It is rigorous, coherent, and organized to teach the skills and knowledge needed by teachers at specific types of schools and at the various stages of their careers.
3. Curricular balance: The curriculum integrates the theory and practice of teaching, balancing study in university classrooms with work in schools alongside successful practitioners.
4. Faculty composition: The faculty includes academics and practitioners, ideally combined in the same individuals, who are expert in teaching, up to date in their field, intellectually productive, and have their feet planted in both the academy and the schools. Taken as a whole, faculty members and their fields of expertise are aligned with the curriculum and student enrollment.
5. Admissions: Admissions criteria are designed to recruit students with the capacity and motivation to become successful teachers.
6. Graduation and degree standards: Graduation standards are high, students are adequately prepared for the classroom, and the degrees awarded are appropriate to the profession.
7. Research: Research carried out in the program is of high quality, driven by practice, and useful to practitioners and/or policy makers.
8. Finances: Resources are adequate to support the program.
9. Assessment: The program engages in continuing self-assessment and improvement of its performance.
Skýrslan sjálf gefur nokkur ráð um menntun kennara. Meðal þeirra er ráðgjöf um að menntunin leggi ríka áherslu á fagmennsku kennarans, þ.e. að nám hans takið mið af því að hann muni kenna, samantekin ráð (executive summary).