Alternative Teacher Certification Research Articles

A Question of Choice

Abstract The question of choice in education has been raised by a number of individuals, organizations, and political parties, and for many who are concerned with the quality of public education choice is a very seductive option. Choice represents one of the three legs of President Bush's education reform program (along with alternative teacher certification and national standardized testing in key subjects.) Choice has become a metaphor—or perhaps a code word—for free enterprise in education—the hope and belief that good money will drive out bad.

Recruitment and Selection of Mathematics and Science Teaching Candidates for an Alternative Teacher Certification Program

Recruitment and Selection of Mathematics and Science Teaching Candidates for an Alternative Teacher Certification Program

Alternative Teacher Certification: Its Policy Implications for Classroom and Personnel Practice

Alternative certification (AC) of teachers is an issue of interest and discussion within the 1980s education reform movement. Little empirical evaluation is available for formulating policy, however. This research describes an alternative certification program in the Dallas Independent School District. Recruitment programs resulted in 4,000 inquiries and over 1,300 applicants, 691 of whom took the entrance test, 557 who passed, and 110 who were admitted to the program. This research addresses eight topics: (a) characteristics of the program, (b) characteristics of the interns, (c) intern attitudes, (d) comparison of interns and traditionally certified teachers, (e) teaching performance of interns, (f) predictors of AC success, (g) reaction to the program, and (h) consideration of whether AC programs can contribute to the need for teachers. Policy recommendations, based on the above, are formulated.

Alternative Teacher Certification: Its Policy Implications for Classroom and Personnel Practice

Alternative Teacher Certification: Its Policy Implications for Classroom and Personnel Practice

Alternative Teacher Certification Programs

(1986). Alternative Teacher Certification Programs. Action in Teacher Education: Vol. 8, Evaluating Alternative Certification, pp. 13-18.