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Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education  \nPREPARING AND CREDENTIALING THE NATION’S TEACHERS  \nThe Secretary’s Ninth Report on Teacher Quality  \nPrograms by Type  \nAlternative, IHE-based  \nAlternative, not IHE-based Traditional  \nTraditional and Alternative  \nAmerican Samoa  \nMarshall  \nVirgin Islands Guam Islands  \nFederated States of Micronesia  \nNorthern Mariana Islands  \nPalau Puerto Rico  \nU.S . Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education  \n2013  \nPREPARING AND CREDENTIALING THE NATION’S TEACHERS  \nThe Secretary’s Ninth Report on Teacher Quality  \nThis report was produced under U.S. Department of Education Contract No. ED-OPE-11-C-0024 with Westat. Shedita Alston served as the Department contracting officer’s representative. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, and no official endorsement of any product, commodity, service or enterprise mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred.  \nU.S. Department of Education  \nArne Duncan  \nSecretary  \nOffice of Postsecondary Education  \nDebra Saunders-White  \nActing Assistant Secretary  \nApril 2013  \nThis report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should be: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Preparing and Credentialing the Nation’s Teachers: The Secretary’s Ninth Report on Teacher Quality, Washington, D.C., 2013.  \nThis report is available on the Department’s Web site:  \n[http://www2.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/teachprep/index.html](http://www2.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/teachprep/index.html)  \nThis report is also available at: [https://title2.ed.gov](https://title2.ed.gov)  \nRequests for alternate format documents such as Braille or large print should be submitted to the Alternate Format Center by calling 202-260-0852 or by contacting the 504 coordinator via email [at om_eeos@ed.gov](at om_eeos@ed.gov).  \nData presented in this publication are from states’ and jurisdictions’ reports to the U.S. Department of Education in 2011. Numerous data check points and technical assistance were provided to respondents. Data may be inconsistent with data published in earlier reports as respondents are able to revise their data.  \nThe Secretary’s Ninth Report on Teacher Quality  \nCONTENTS  \nFigures........................................................................................................................................... v  \nTables ...........................................................................................................................................vii  \nAcknowledgements........................................................................................................................ ix  \nExecutive Summary ........................................................................................................................ x  \nSECTION I: NATIONAL OVERVIEW  \nChapter I: Teacher Preparation Programs................................................................................... 3  \nTeacher Preparation Program Types ......................................................................3  \nTraditional Teacher Preparation Programs ..............................................................4  \nAlternative Route Teacher Preparation Programs .....................................................5  \nAdmissions Requirements .....................................................................................5  \nEnrollment Characteristics ....................................................................................6  \nTop State Teacher Producers by Enrollment and Program Type ..................................9  \nSupervised Clinical Experience........................................................................... 11  \nProgram Completers ........................","cbCaihDEBl19NMvo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihDEBl19NMvo","pdf",9957069,439,"English","# SECTION I: NATIONAL OVERVIEW\n## Chapter I: Teacher Preparation Programs\n## Chapter II: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) Offering Teacher Preparation Programs\n## Chapter III: State Standards for Teacher Credentials\n## Chapter IV: Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Programs\n## Chapter V: State Initial Credentials for Teachers","[{\"question\":\"What is the report’s focus on teacher preparation and credentialing?\",\"answer\":\"The report examines teacher preparation programs and how teachers receive initial credentials, including program types, enrollment characteristics, and credential standards.\"},{\"question\":\"Which program types are compared in the report?\",\"answer\":\"It compares traditional teacher preparation programs with alternative route programs, further separating alternative programs that are based in IHEs versus not based in IHEs.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report evaluate teacher preparation programs?\",\"answer\":\"It reviews state criteria for assessing program performance and discusses how low-performing programs and those at risk of being identified are identified.\"}]","Preparing and Credentialing the Nation’s Teachers - The Secretary’s Ninth Report on Teacher Quality | PDF",1792057868,1106]