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46.038 - Designing Innovative Urban Residency Programs: Using Multiple Measures to Connect Theory and Practice

Sat, April 18, 8:15 to 9:45am, Marriott, Floor: Third Level, Cook

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Teacher residency programs have emerged as a promising innovation that combines field-based and university based learning in new ways, including heightened accountability for teacher effectiveness. Much of the policy debate surrounding teacher effectiveness centers on one measure: value-added student achievement data. This symposium brings diverse perspectives together to focus on measuring the effectiveness of pre-service teachers in the context of three innovative urban teacher residency programs that serve high-poverty communities in metropolitan areas in the United States. This perspective is timely given the policy debate surrounding the value of university-based pre-service preparation, the new CAEP standards for the accreditation of teacher preparation programs, and the heightened scrutiny on the effects of these programs, particularly on the achievement of underserved students.

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