Performance-based certification of school personnel

This report provides information, ideas, and interpretation on a major national effort to change teacher certification patterns, which is in turn part of a larger context surrounding "accountability." In part derived from a growing concern on the part of educational leaders on the growing complexity of teaching. The time is rapidly approaching when it will no longer be possible to evaluate the qualifications of teachers by reviewing a college transcript. It will be necessary to identify specific skills, knowledge, and attitudes which teachers are expected to possess. These competencies will need to be identified, and quantified and recorded. It follows that colleges, public school systems, and state agencies must develop techniques for exactly that.