American Association of Colleges for Teacher

This monograph includes an analysis of current statements of standards and criteria, promotes professional dialogue concerning the meanings of NCATE standards and criteria, and advances the cause of national accreditation in teacher education. An introduction offers a statement of purposes, reviews the significance of the accreditation process, and presents caveats concerning the framework. Criteria for compliance subsumed by each standard are discussed separately with suggestions for gathering and summarizing evidence needed to prepare a narrative for the institutional report. The document is organized into five categories: (1) "Knowledge Bases for Professional Education " (design, delivery, content of the curriculum in general education, specialty studies, and professional studies); (2) "Relationship to the World of Practice, " which focuses on clinical and field-based experiences and relationships with graduates and schools; (3) "Students " (admission, monitorin