Categories of Evidence

Grades
1. Student grades and grade point averages in each component of Quality Principle I: subject matter; pedagogy; and teaching skill

Scores on standardized tests
2. Student scores on standardized license or board examinations in any of the areas of Quality Principle I
3. Student scores on admission tests for graduate study in the areas of Quality Principle I
4. Standardized scores and gains of the program graduates’ own pupils

Ratings
5. Ratings of portfolios of academic accomplishment
6. Third-party rating of the program’s students
7. Ratings of in-service, clinical, and PDS teaching
8. Ratings by cooperating teachers and college/university supervisors, of practice teachers’ work samples

Rates
9. Rates of completion of courses and program
10. Graduates’ career retention rates
11. Graduates’ job placement rates
12. Rates of graduates’ professional advanced study
13. Rates of graduates’ leadership roles
14. Rates of graduates’ professional service activities

Case studies and alumni competence
15. Evaluations of graduates by their own pupils
16. Alumni self-assessment of their accomplishments
17. Third-party professional recognition of graduates (e.g., NBPTS)
18. Employers’ evaluations of the program’s graduates
19. Graduates’ authoring of textbooks, curriculum materials, etc.
20. Case studies of the graduates’ learning

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