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Performance-Based Teacher Certification: Creating a Comprehensive Unit Assessment System

Name: Performance-Based Teacher Certification: Creating a Comprehensive Unit Assessment System
Author: Gary M. Ingersoll
ISBN: 9781555918583

by Gary M. Ingersoll, Dale P. Scannell

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Overview

Delineates the attributes of an effective Unit Assessment System.

About the Author, Gary M. Ingersoll

Gary M. Ingersoll is a Professor of Counseling and Educational Psychology in the Indiana University School of Education. He also holds the title of Professor of Pediatrics in the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dale P. Scannell is professor emeritus from Indiana University. Prior to that Scannell was dean of education at the University of Kansas and the University of Maryland at College Park and Lester Professor of Education at the University of South Carolina.

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Intended for teacher educators who have limited or no experience in program or candidate evaluation, this book focuses on the attributes of a Unit Assessment System (UAS) for beginning teachers. It illustrates the context of performance-based teacher licensing and certification programs, tells how to structure a UAS, describes different types of credible evidence, and shows how data from a UAS can be organized and reported. Ingersoll teaches counseling and educational psychology at the Indiana University School of Education. Scannell is professor emeritus from Indiana University. This work lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)