*Student Teachers; Teacher Evaluation; *Teacher Rating IDENTIFIERS Purdue Student Teacher Opinionnaire

The relationships between rankings of student teachers ' effectiveness and the student teachers ' and supervising teachers ' satisfaction with a year-long student teaching program were assessed. Three independent rankings of student teachers were obtained from (1) 85 student teachers, (2) 46 supervising teachers, and (3) 1n university personnel. In order to measure the degree of satisfaction with student 'reaching, the Purdue Student Teacher opinionnaire was administered to all student teachers and supervising teachers. Results indicated that both student teachers and supervising teachers tended to perceive the student teaching experience satisfactorily, but student teachers were significantly more critical of certain aspects of school programs than supervising teachers. (Author