NCATE PDS Standards Released
Standards for professional development schools, developed by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), were released October 16, 2001, in Washington, DC. For information about the standards and related publications, visit http://www.ncate.org or call NCATE at 202/466-7496.

Designing Standards That Work for Professional Development Schools

This collection of papers, commissioned by NCATE's Professional Development Schools Standards Project includes an up-to-date literature review, an in-depth survey of 28 PDS sites, four case studies that detail what makes a PDS work, the case for standards for PDSs, and implications for assessing PDSs. To order, contact NCATE (202-466-7496).

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