Meeting 3: Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)

Meeting Information

Project Title:	Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
PIN:	BOTA-I-04-02-A
Major Unit:	Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Sub Unit:	Board on Testing and Assessment
RSO:	Elliott, Stuart

Subject/Focus Area:	Education

Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Certification by NBPTS June 4, 2006 - June 6, 2006 National Academy of Sciences Building 2100 C St. NW Washington D.C.

If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open to the public or need more information please contact:
Contact Name: Teresia Wilmore
Email: twilmore@nas.edu
Phone: 202 334 2160
Fax: 202 334 2210

Agenda: 2101 Constitution Avenue Lecture Room Washington, DC SUNDAY JUNE 4, 2006: ALL DAY IN CLOSED SESSION MONDAY JUNE 5, 2006: CLOSED SESSION (8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.) OPEN SESSION (9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m) 9:30 – 10:30: Development of NBPTS Content Standards Panelists: Joe Aguerrebere, Joan Auchter, Mary Dilworth, NBPTS Discussion Leaders: Deirdre Knapp and Karen Wixson * What was the process that was involved in determining the content standards for the various NBPTS certification areas? * How were people chosen to serve on the standards committees? * How many times did they meet and how did they approach their tasks? * How did the committee incorporate research evidence about best practices into the process of determining the standards? * What was the process for coming to consensus and finalizing the standards? 10:30 BREAK 10:45 – 12:00 NBPTS and Systemic Effects Panelists:Dean Mary Futrell and Maxine Freund, George Washington University Carol Matern, NBCT, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Sara Eisenhardt, NBCT, Cincinnati Public Schools, Clifton Elementary Discussion Leaders: Lynn Paine and Dorothy White Panelists will discuss and provide examples of the following: * Ways in which the NBPTS standards (5 propositions and certificate-specific content standards) are used in pre-service preparation of teachers and in professional development/mentoring of practicing teachers * Ways in which the features of the NBPTS assessments (portfolio, videotaping of lessons, documenting and reflecting on practices) are incorporated in the pre-service preparation of teachers and the professional development/mentoring of practicing teachers. * Any impacts this has had on students’ learning/motivation to learn, particularly students in traditionally low-achieving schools 12:00-1:00: Lunch 1:00 – 2:30: Methodological Issues Associated with Using Student Outcome Measures to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Board Certified Teachers Panelists: Paul Holland, ETS; Henry Braun, ETS Discussion Leaders: Mike Kane and Mark Dynarski Technical Issues to Discuss * Use of gain scores versus use of prior achievement as a covariate * Sensitivity of achievement test scores for measuring program effects * Confounds associated with co-linearity among the predictor variables * Types of value-added models and inferences that can be made about the results 2:30 – 3:30: Cost Analysis of NBPTS Support Programs: How do the Costs Compare to Other Forms of Professional Development? Panelists: Carol Cohen, The Finance Project Jennifer King Rice, University of Maryland Discussion Leaders: Susanna Loeb and Julian Betts * What approach was used to evaluate the costs of support programs? * What approach was used to identify the costs of comparative forms of professional development? * What are these costs and how do they compare? 3:30: Adjourn Open Session CLOSED SESSON (3:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) TUESDAY, JUNE 6: ALL DAY IN CLOSED SESSION 2:30p.m.: Adjourn
Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting: Milton D. Hakel Bowling Green State University Julian Betts University of California San Diego Mark Dynarski Mathematica Policy Research Inc. Adam Gamoran University of Wisconsin Jane Hannaway The Urban Institute Richard Ingersoll University of Pennsylvania Michael T. Kane National Conference of Bar Examiners Deirdre J. Knapp Human Resources Research Organization Susanna Loeb Stanford University James (Torch) H. Lytle Trenton Public Schools C. Ford Morishita Clackamas High School Lynn W. Paine Michigan State University Neil J. Smelser (Emeritus) University of California Berkeley Brian Stecher The RAND Corporation Dorothy Y. White University of Georgia Karen K. Wixson University of Michigan The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions: General Discussion of Evaluation Framework Discussion of Specific Aspects of the Evaluation Framework • Psychometric Evaluation • Systemic Effects • Job Conditions for Teachers • Cost Benefit Analysis Use of advanced certification information to make allocation decisions Report from a Small Group of committee members on State-to-State Comparisons Plan for the open session Bias Discussion with Lynn Paine Discussion on plans for collecting needed evidence Planning for the next meeting The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions: none Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: July 24, 2006