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five-year undergraduate program and passa national proficiency exam before being allowed to teach,a wide-ranging panelof educators and policymakers agreed yesterday.  \nTeachers also should be given more autonomy in their classrooms so they can betrue professionals,and a strong national campaign should be launched to con-vince the public of the value of teaching,according to the consensus reachedby the nearly three dozen participants meeting yesterday in Washington,D.C.  \nThe\"summit\"conference was cosponsored by the American Enterprise Institute(AEI),a Washington,D.C.,think tank,and the National Center for EducationInformation,a private publishing firm.Some 35 national and state educationleaders,teacher union representatives and scholars sat on the panel.  \nVigorous new entry standards are needed for teacher education programs,thepanel agreed,and a national proficiency examination for prospective teacherswas given a qualified green light,Denis Doyle,director of education policystudies at AEI,told a news conference called to release the group's findings.  \nAlthough the proposed exam would be written,it would not consist of multiple-choice questions,Doyle said.\"We'd want to move beyond the tyranny of the$20,two-hour exam。\"  Instead,the test probably would consist of essays.  \nThe panel's endorsement of a national exam comes on the heels of a similarproposal by American Federation of Teachers President Albert Shanker(HED,Jan.30)。  \nShanker,who was a member of yesterday's panel,said the public is demandingteacher accountability and that such a test could lend greater credibility toteachers.  \nSuch an exam,Shanker said,would be established by some form of a nationalteachers'board.Two major funding sources have already approached Shanker toset up such a board,he said,allowing Shanker to make the claim that the boardwould be in place before the year is out.  \nAlthough the National Education Association(NEA)opposes the use of tests as asole criterion for teacher certification,NEA Vice President Keith Geiger yes-terday told the news conference his union would not oppose the use of suchtests as one part of the certification process.  \nThe panel,which did not release specific recommendations yesterday,is ex-pected to meet in the future and outline in greater detail its recommendations.The group's meeting was funded by a grant from the Burger King Corp.and theEducation Department.(more)  \nMarch 13,1985  \n# PANEL RECOMMENDS NATIONAL PROFICIENCY EXAM FOR TEACHERS(Cont.)\n\nEarlier in the day,the conference participants heard from Bennett and VirginiaGov.Charles Robb.Robb briefed the group on recent education reforms in hisstate.  \nBennett told the gathering that teacher salaries should be raised and said heis concerned that working conditions and low social esteem for teachers \"is abig part of the problem”in attracting and retaining teachers.  \n\"We also need to get rid of the unnecessary paper in the job…and makechanges so teachers can stay in teaching and make it a lucrative career,\"Bennett said.  Too often the best teachers leave the classroom for adminis-trative positions merely to earn more pay,he said.  \nAnother major problem,according to Bennett,is that the teaching profession iscontinually disparaged in“upscale circles,where teachers often seem to be thebutt of comments and cracks.\"Teaching is not considered an\"upscale career,\"he said,and such criticism\"is nothing short of social suicide.\"  \n\"I haven't seen any vital Future Teachers of America chapters,\"Bennett said.--Greg McCaffery  \n# SENATE PANEL VOTES TO SAVE REVENUE SHARING IN FISCAL 1986\n\nThe Senate Budget Committee yesterday voted 13 to 9 to recommend that the  \n$4.6 billion revenue sharing program be continued through fiscal 1986 and bephased out when the program comes up for reauthorization in 1987.  \nSen.J.James Exon,D-Neb.,proposed the plan as a compromise between theReagan admini","cbCaincZkBLe4JSP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaincZkBLe4JSP","pdf",1805915,"English","# PANEL RECOMMENDS NATIONAL PROFICIENCY EXAM FOR TEACHERS (Cont.)\n## Teacher education and exam proposal\n## Written format and public campaign\n## Accountability, funding, and union positions","[{\"question\":\"What does the panel recommend for prospective teachers?\",\"answer\":\"Prospective teachers should complete a five-year undergraduate program and pass a national proficiency exam before being allowed to teach.\"},{\"question\":\"What format would the proposed proficiency exam use?\",\"answer\":\"The exam would be written and likely consist of essays rather than multiple-choice questions.\"},{\"question\":\"How do teacher unions view the proposed use of tests?\",\"answer\":\"The NEA opposes tests as the sole criterion for teacher certification, but its vice president says the union would not oppose using such tests as one part of the certification process.\"}]","PANEL RECOMMENDS NATIONAL PROFICIENCY EXAM FOR TEACHERS - March 13, 1985 | PDF",1790615235,18]