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Massachusetts has recognized the need for teacher testing and now holds its schools to a statewide standard. Unfortunately, the secrecy surrounding the methodology of the teacher test and teacher-bashing by high-level state officers has prevented a successful standardization process. For this reason, a thoroughly researched and well-publicized national standard--which incorporates the views of parents, students and teacher unions--would be preferable to the current system...
President Clinton, speaking at a fundraiser in Boston Tuesday, wisely spent much of the afternoon pitching his plan to improve the quality of the nation's public schools. The proposals, which would spend an extra $4.98 billion on a variety of teacher training and class-size reduction initiatives from his fiscal 2000 budget request, are most significant because they place greater emphasis on school accountability. Under the plan, first unveiled in last month's State of the Union Address, school districts would receive federal funding only if they meet a certain level of minimum standards...
...report also found that the vast majority of teachers claimed they could have benefited from better training programs, more professional development and a degree in the subject they taught. In this light, Clinton's minimum standard to ensure teacher quality is almost intuitive: Teachers must be state-certified, pass a performance exam and possess a relevant college degree...
...Granted, teacher quality is but one of the standards Clinton proposes. Under the plan, schools would be required to end the "social promotion" of academically unqualified students, institute school report cards and strengthen discipline to keep schools safe. And to help poorer districts who might have trouble meeting these standards, an additional $200 million will be given to the states to identify and resuscitate these lowest-achieving districts...
...think it's the signing bonus that's exciting to Harvard students so much as the opportunity to work in the Massachusetts public schools without a teacher's certification," Rakoff said. Students can teach at private schools without certification...