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The
System by Which Candidate Performance is Regularly Assessed.
Assessment--Initial preparation program. Eastern Michigan University prepares
teacher candidates who demonstrate proficiency
in the knowledge, skills, and dispositions
identified in 22 Teacher
Preparation Benchmarks or Outcomes. These program outcomes
have served as a guiding framework for
faculty as they evaluate and modify
courses to insure
that course assignments and assessments
measure student proficiency on each
outcome.
Certain assessments have been in place for
many years. However,
since the last review by NCATE, there has
been particular emphasis on (a) additional
assessments as students move through the
program and (b) assessments during the
first year of teaching. Leadership for
the additional assessments as students
move through the
program has come from the faculty in the
Department of Teacher Education.
Students in initial teacher preparation programs
are assessed at these points:
1. Admission to the university.
2. Admission to the initial teacher preparation program.
3. Retention in the initial teacher preparation program.
4. Six course assessments and related field experiences.
5. During and at the culmination of the student teaching experience(s).
6. The applicable tests of the Michigan Tests for Teacher
Certification.
7. During the first year of teaching.
A variety of assessment tools is used, ranging
from
observation
to performance-based
assessments
to standardized
tests. EMU
is one
of the
members
of
the "Teacher
Quality" consortium of The Renaissance Group,
in
which
the
"teacher
work
sample" methodology is being used. As a result, a portion of our
students
have
been
assessed
using
this
process. Detailed
information
about
each
of
these
assessments
is
provided
elsewhere
in
materials
available
to
students,
the
university
community,
various
constituencies,
and
external
review
bodies.
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additional
information
on the
accreditation/approval
process,
please
contact
Jerry H. Robbins,
Dean, at
734.487.1414
or by e-mail
at jerry.robbins@emich.edu.
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