Nothing is as fundamental to the quality of a school system as the
quality of its teachers. For this reason many countries are seeking
policies that meet the challenge of promoting quality teaching.
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in
the USA is the most ambitious and successful attempt by any country
to establish a certification system for recognizing and rewarding
teachers who reach high professional standards. Established in
1987, the Boards mission has been driven by a simple principle; to
place more value on accomplished teaching, we must learn how to
evaluate teacher performance in ways that are valid, reliable and
fair. By late 2007, over 60,000 teachers had become National Board
Certified Teachers.
As other countries place increasing importance on policies designed
to attract, develop, and retain effective teachers there is growing
interest in the extensive research and development work that has
underpinned the Boards certification system and guided its
implementation. The main purpose of this book is to bring together,
for international as well as non-specialist audiences, papers
written by the key researchers involved in the development of
National Board assessments between 1987 and 1997.
One of the many reasons why the Boards work is noteworthy is the
extent to which, at every stage of development, it has subjected
its standards and certification process to critique by leading
figures in educational measurement, as the chapters in this volume
illustrate. As a result, the NBPTS has made a major contribution to
international understanding about how to develop valid standards
and reliable methods for assessing teacherperformance that gain
both professional and public esteem.
The NBPTS provides an example of a well researched certification
scheme for measuring teacher quality that can provide a service to
governments and employers seeking a reliable indicator of teacher
quality. Standards are the gateway to greater professional
self-direction, and a certification system is a means by which the
teaching profession can build its own infrastructure for defining
high quality teaching standards, promoting development toward those
standards and providing recognition to those who meet them.
This book also aims to provide some of the many lessons the Board
has learned about how to make a professional certification system
for teachers manageable and affordable, which is perhaps an even
greater challenge.
* A special volume focussing on The National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
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