The annual Professional Education Data System (PEDS) (formerly known as the AACTE/NCATE Joint Data Collection System) is coordinated jointly by NCATE and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), and currently consists of the following components:

• Part A--Institutional Data (Managed by AACTE)

• Part B--Enrollment, Productivity, Faculty Resources (Managed by AACTE)

• Part C/Annual Report--Annual Report form (Managed by NCATE)

Parts A & B

For questions about parts A & B of the PEDS report, please email the PEDS Coordinator at peds@aacte.org or call (202) 293-2450.

Part C/Annual Report

Submission of the Part C/Annual Report is required for ALL NCATE institutions.  The revised Part C/ Annual Report template will be released in late January /early February. The report will be due on April 20, 2012.  Sections III and either section  IV or  section V are waived IF:

1. your unit hosted a Regular/Continuous Improvement/ Transformation Initiative accreditation visit in the 2011 calendar year, OR

2. your unit is in pre-candidacy or candidacy status.

The Part C/Annual Report should include data from September 1 to August 31 of the academic year noted on the form. The data reporting period is aligned with PEDS. 

Failure to submit reports can result in revocation of accreditation. For more information, contact NCATE at ncate@ncate.org.

Message from the Senior Vice President Deborah Eldridge

A Memo from NCATE Senior Vice President Deborah Eldridge

Sample Report Template

2011 NCATE/AACTE Annual Report: Part C (Adobe PDF)

Special Reviews of Annual Reports

NCATE has adopted a policy for screening annual reports—on an annual basis—to identify concerns that might require further examination by the Annual Report and Preconditions Audit (ARPA) Committee. The following characteristics will trigger a special review of annual reports:

• a 25 percent decrease in the overall unit budget from the previous reporting year;

• a 25 percent decrease in full-time faculty from the previous reporting year;

• information that a unit may no longer be meeting preconditions, including:

  • Title II data indicating that a unit is not meeting the required state pass rates on licensure exams;

  • a change in the state-approved status of the professional education unit, as identified by the state licensing agency; and

  • a change in institutional accreditation status.

Any annual reports identified by these triggers will be submitted to the ARPA Committee for further examination at its spring meeting. After reviewing the identified reports, the ARPA committee will make recommendations to the UAB regarding subsequent actions. The ARPA committee will recommend that the institution submit additional information, that a focused visit take place, or that the investigation be closed. Institutions are automatically asked to submit a report to the ARPA committee when an adverse change occurs in the state-approved status of the professional education unit or in the institutional accreditation status.

Institutions that have experienced a 25 percent decrease in faculty size or budget should use Part C of the annual report to explain the circumstances under which these changes have occurred and the institutional response. Reporting on significant changes and institutional responses in annual reports will decrease the possibility that the institution will be asked to submit a special report to the ARPA Committee.

In cases when the institution is scheduled for a visit during the spring semester in which ARPA will meet, or during the following fall semester, the Board of Examiners team will review the situation as part of its regular accreditation review. In cases when the institution hosted a visit during the fall semester prior to ARPA’s meeting, the Unit Accreditation Board audit committee will review the situation as part of its regular accreditation review.

*adopted 10/97; rev. 4/98; 10/00; 10/03; 3/04