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Reflections on Teacher Preparation

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The author draws upon his background in the economics of education along with his experiences as an administrator with responsibilities for teacher preparation programs to offer insights into contemporary and emerging issues for the field of teacher education.

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  • Cavanagh, S. 2013. “Ed. Companies Nurturing Startups” Education Week vol. 33, No. 4, September 18, 2013, pp. 1 and 18.

  • Haertel, E.H. 2013. “Reliability and Validity of Inferences About Teachers Based on Student Test Scores,” The 14th William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture. March 22, 2013. Education Testing Service: Princeton, NJ

  • Monk, D. H. 1989. The Education Production Function: Its Evolving Role in Policy Analysis. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 11(1), 31–45.

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  • National Research Council. 2010. Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy. Washington: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

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  • Picus, L.O., Monk, D.H., & Knight, D. 2012. “Measuring the Cost Effectiveness of Rich Clinical Practice in Teacher Preparation: Part One, Understanding the Problem,” report prepared for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). Washington, D.C.

  • Sawchuk, S. 2013. “Teacher Ed. Is Facing Higher Bar” Education Week vol. 32, No. 36, July 10, pp. 1 and 20.

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  1. Pennsylvania State University, 275 Chambers Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    David H. Monk

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Monk, D.H. Reflections on Teacher Preparation. Soc 52, 219–224 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-015-9889-z

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