These scores have not been available in the past. Other performance data will also be made available, and on-site visiting teams will examine summarized and sampled performance evidence of candidate knowledge and skill. The reviewers will make a judgment on program quality, which the on-site visiting team will factor into the accreditation decision. The Educational Testing Service this spring released the largest, most comprehensive study to date on teacher qualifications and teacher licensing. Ironically, the exam is a content knowledge test.
Revision is accepted practice in specialized accrediting bodies.
A minor revision took place in 1995. This shift matches current thinking in the field and policymaker opinion. These standards will be approved in 2000 and will go into effect in 2001. Some critics of education reform have a political agenda. Some critics see little function for schools of education.