Assessing teachers for professional certification : the first decade of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Lawrence Ingvarson, ACER
John Hattie, University of Auckland

Abstract

This book first focuses on the task of developing standards and assessments; second, brings together papers about the conduct of performance assessments; third, brings together three papers examining validity in relation to the NBPTS certification process; fourth, includes two chapters examining the effects of National Board certification; and finally widens the focus and looks at the NBPTS in the context of educational reform and as a national system for evaluating teachers.