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1 Introduction
Pages 15-19

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... One prominent effort has been to develop and disseminate standards that define accomplished teaching and formally recognize teachers who meet these standards by awarding them advancedlevel certification, beyond the basics needed for initial licensure. The guiding idea behind this reform is that articulating the components of high-quality practice, making these descriptions widely available, and acknowledging teachers who demonstrate these practices will improve teaching throughout the education system, which should in turn improve student learning.
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From page 16...
... [The National Academies] is requested to perform an independent, scientific study using the strongest practical methodology to evaluate the impact of board certification, including an assessment of whether the NBPTS certi fication model is a cost effective method of improving teacher quality and the extent to which certification makes a difference in student academic achievement.
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... To earn advanced-level certification, teachers must respond to a set of six computer-based constructed-response tasks that measure subject matter knowledge and also assemble a portfolio consisting of videotapes of their teaching, written reflections on their goals and the outcomes of the lesson submitted, and student work associated with the lesson. The computerized portion is administered during the course of a day at a testing center.
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... Addi­ tional information is available at http://www.abcte.org. THE Committee's APPROACH The Carnegie task force envisioned that a program that certifies accomplished teachers might affect overall teacher quality in a variety of ways.
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... Chapter 6 discusses the available data regarding participation in the national board certification process across the states and some of the factors that may influence participation. Evidence regarding outcomes for students taught by national board–certified teachers is discussed in Chapter 7, together with the committee's thinking about the issues surrounding this line of research.
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