"The unbiased, external nature of the NCATE procedures provides Maryland with high stakes decisionmaking that is objective and separate from state policies. Maryland applauds NCATE for its leadership in performance-based decisionmaking in the accreditation of teacher education institutions. " Nancy Grasmick, State Superintendent, Maryland
Implementing PDS Standards: Stories From the Field, (2005)
Five institutions and a state that used the NCATE PDS Standards to build and strengthen their professional development schools tell their stories! Authors relate the conflicts and the triumphs as well as the process they used to move their PDSs toward a target level. Marsha Levine and Roberta Trachtman, Editors