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NCATE’s Role in a Quality Assurance System
for the Teaching Profession
Updated June 17, 2005
NCATE has a pivotal role in the newly emerging system of quality assurance for the teaching profession. This system is composed of sets of standards within three interconnected mechanisms:
 
  • Accreditation of Teacher Preparation Institutions
  • Performance-Based State Licensing
  • Board Certification of Accomplished Teachers
 
NCATE and the States: The Continuum of Teacher Preparation and Development

NCATE and the States: The Continuum of Teacher Preparation and Development
 
There are three quality assurance mechanisms serving these three phases of teacher development: NCATE, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) task force on licensing, and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). These three organizations are working together closely, developing and implementing standards and assessments which teachers meet along the path of preparation and continuing development. A joint goal of the three organizations is the development of a coherent system of complementary standards and assessments for preparation, licensing, and certification.
 
As these standards are created to be compatible with one another, a new view of preparation and professional development is emerging: the idea of teacher preparation and development as moving along a continuum, from pre-service preparation to certification. Through the compatible sets of standards which undergird the continuum, the profession itself is establishing a framework for a coherent system of quality assurance.
 
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