programs and for alternative certification or licensure pro-
grams, which shall include at least the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the teacher certification 
and licensure assessments, and any other certifi-
cation and licensure requirements, used by the 
State. 
‘‘(2) The standards and criteria that prospec-
tive teachers must meet in order to attain initial 
teacher certification or licensure and to be certified 
or licensed to teach particular subjects or in par-
ticular grades within the State. 
‘‘(3) A description of the extent to which the 
assessments and requirements described in para-
graph (1) are aligned with the State’s standards and 
assessments for students. 
‘‘(4) The percentage of students who have com-
pleted at least 50 percent of the requirements for a 
teacher preparation program at an institution of 
higher education or alternative certification program 
and who have taken and passed each of the assess-
ments used by the State for teacher certification and 
licensure, and the passing score on each assessment 
that determines whether a candidate has passed that 
assessment.
‘‘(5) For students who have completed at least 
50 percent of the requirements for a teacher prepa-
ration program at an institution of higher education 
or alternative certification program, and who have 
taken and passed each of the assessments used by 
the State for teacher certification and licensure, 
each such institution’s and each such program’s av-
erage raw score, ranked by teacher preparation pro-
gram, which shall be made available widely and pub-
licly. 
‘‘(6) A description of each State’s alternative 
routes to teacher certification, if any, and the num-
ber and percentage of teachers certified through 
each alternative certification route who pass State 
teacher certification or licensure assessments. 
‘‘(7) For each State, a description of proposed 
criteria for assessing the performance of teacher 
preparation programs in the State, including indica-
tors of teacher candidate skills, academic content 
knowledge, and evidence of gains in student aca-
demic achievement. 
‘‘(8) For each teacher preparation program in 
the State, the number of students in the program, 
the number of minority students in the program, the 
average number of hours of supervised practice
teaching required for those in the program, and the 
number of full-time equivalent faculty and students 
in supervised practice teaching. 
‘‘(b) REPORT OF THE SECRETARY ON THE QUALITY 
OF TEACHER PREPARATION.—
‘‘(1) REPORT CARD.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide to Congress, and publish and make widely avail-
able, a report card on teacher qualifications and 
preparation in the United States, including all the 
information reported in paragraphs (1) through (8) 
of subsection (a). Such report shall identify which el-
igible States received a grant under this part, and 
the States in which eligible partnerships receiving 
grants are located. Such report shall be published 
and made available annually. 
‘‘(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall report to Congress—
‘‘(A) a comparison of States’ efforts to im-
prove teaching quality; and 
‘‘(B) regarding the national mean and me-
dian scores on any standardized test that is 
used in more than one State for teacher certifi-
cation or licensure. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of programs 
with fewer than 10 students who have completed at
least 50 percent of the requirements for a teacher 
preparation program taking any single initial teacher 
certification or licensure assessment during an aca-
demic year, the Secretary shall collect and publish 
information with respect to an average pass rate on 
State certification or licensure assessments taken 
over a 3-year period. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary, to the extent 
practicable, shall coordinate the information collected and 
published under this part among States for individuals 
who took State teacher certification or licensure assess-
ments in a State other than the State in which the indi-
vidual received the individual’s most recent degree. 
‘‘(d) INSTITUTION AND PROGRAM REPORT CARDS ON 
QUALITY OF TEACHER PREPARATION.—
‘‘(1) REPORT CARD.—Each institution of higher 
education or alternative certification program that 
conducts a teacher preparation program that enrolls 
students receiving Federal assistance under this Act 
shall report annually to the State and the general 
public, in a uniform and comprehensible manner 
that conforms with the definitions and methods es-
tablished by the Secretary, both for traditional cer-
tification or licensure programs and for alternative