Tuesday, December 22, 2009

2theadvocate.com | News | La. tops U.S. in teacher training — Baton Rouge, LA


2theadvocate.com | News | La. tops U.S. in teacher training — Baton Rouge, LA:

"Louisiana may score low in many national education rankings, but the rest of the country is paying more attention to the way the state trains its teachers.

Just this past week, education officials from at least 10 states — from California to Georgia — visited Baton Rouge to study Louisiana’s state’s teacher-prep model, officially called the Value-Added Teacher Preparation Assessment Model.

Studies thus far have shown that, in some cases, new Louisiana teachers are performing as well or even better than more-experienced peers after going through “redesigned” teacher-preparation programs."