Officers

Chair - Diana Lys, Assistant Dean for Educator Preparation and Accreditation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Secretary/Treasurer - Brandon Bush , Director, Office of Educator Preparation Services, Texas Woman’s University

Program Chair - Stephen Meyer , Director RMC Research

Chair Elect - Malina Monaco, Vice President of Accreditation at the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation

Secretary/Treasurer Elect - Robyn Pitts, Assistant Professor, Department of Research Methods and Information Science, University of Denver

Program Chair Elect - Amy Kline, Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Education, Bank Street

Members of our SIG are interested in accreditation, assessment, and program evaluation research in educator preparation. We work to support members' efforts to move from compliance to a culture of inquiry. We encourage the accumulation and interpretation of research findings from accreditation reviews, state review processes, and evaluation studies focusing on the competence of graduates of educator preparation programs and the quality of the programs themselves.

To join: the cost of SIG membership is only $5 per year.

  • Already an AERA Member? Simply add Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Evaluation Research in Educator Preparation (SIG #174) to your member profile

  • Not an AERA Member? Join AERA and select the Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Evaluation Research in Educator Preparation (SIG #174) during the membership process.

2021 Session Summaries

To be announced soon!

2020 Session Summaries

Preparing Culturally-responsive Teachers for Equity-Oriented Classrooms: How Do We Evaluate Their Effectiveness and Our Own?

Sat, April 18, 10:35am to 12:05pm | Moscone Center, Floor: West Building, Level Three, Room 3002 | Session Type: Structured Poster Session | http://tinyurl.com/y2c64kx9

In an effort to address inequity issues in education, increasing numbers of colleges of education are committed to designing programs that prepare effective equity-centered teachers for students of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds who have been historically and are currently marginalized. As programs endeavor to prepare critically conscious and reflective teacher candidates who are capable and caring in complex educational arenas, challenges persist in how to collect relevant data which demonstrates candidates’ and/or graduates’ abilities, and which can inform program regeneration. Posters in this session draw on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches to explore (a) effective equity-centered and/or social justice-oriented teaching and (b) the influence of emphasizing culturally relevant, responsive, and sustaining teaching approaches in educator preparation.

Evaluating Outcomes of Educator Preparation Programs: Data Sources and Measures

Sun, April 19, 2:15 to 3:45pm | Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Floor: Ballroom Level, Continental 9 | Session Type: Paper Session | http://tinyurl.com/uchzu6t

    • Preparing Teachers for Multicultural, Equity and Social-Justice Teaching: A Systematic Review of Assessment Tools

    • Making the grade: Measuring completer’s impact on K-12 learning

    • Technology Framework and Solution to Support Program Improvement

    • Students and Stakeholders Collaborating for the Public Good: Evaluating a Large-Scale, Alternative Teacher Education Program

Using Evaluation and Accountability Data to Drive Improvement of Educator Preparation Programs

Mon, April 20, 4:05 to 5:35pm, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Floor: Lobby Level, Golden Gate 2 | Session Type: Paper Session | http://tinyurl.com/w88oeyn

    • Collaboration of Researchers and Stakeholders: Transforming Educator Preparation

    • Using Diverse Data Sources to Evaluate Pedagogy and Clinical Practice in an Educator Preparation Program

    • edTPA course redesign: A collaborative, data-driven decision

    • Deep Inquiry for Continuous Improvement in a School of Education

Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Evaluation in Education Preparation SIG Business Meeting

Mon, April 20, 6:15 to 7:45pm, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Floor: Lobby Level, Golden Gate 2 | Session Type: Business Meeting | http://tinyurl.com/w823jew

We also have launched a new book series, Contemporary Issues in Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Evaluation in Educator Preparation, with Information Age Publishing that focuses specifically on the areas of interest to AAPE SIG Members.

  1. Implementing and Analyzing Performance Assessments in Teacher Education

    • Joyce E. Many, Georgia State University

    • Ruchi Bhatnagar, Georgia State University

  2. Effectively Using Data for Educator Preparation Program Improvement

    • Christine Carrino Gorowara, University of Delaware

    • Brownstein Erica M., Ohio Northern University

    • Timothy Wall, Northwest Missouri State University

  3. Linking Teacher Preparation Program Design and Implementation to Outcomes for Teachers and Students

    • Jennifer E. Carinci Ed.D., American Association for the Advancement of Science

    • Stephen Meyer Ph.D., RMC Research

    • Cara Jackson Ph. D., Bellwether Education Partners