Developing Accountability in Preparation Programs for Teachers of Elementary Children: The Massachusetts Model

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B. Ensure that all required mathematics courses in teacher preparation programs for these three groups of teachers consistently stress the mathematical knowledge they need.

Since program approval tends to take place no oftener than once every five or six years, a state department of education may require all approved programs in a state to use a state-prepared evaluation form for student teaching using criteria that address the teaching skills based on this knowledge and to submit these forms when recommending candidates for licensure each semester.