Today, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) releases its latest ratings for 717 undergraduate programs that prepare high school teachers, including 20 in Iowa. Of the 16 programs nationally named to NCTQ's "National Top Tier Secondary Teacher Prep Program" list, Iowa can claim two programs, Coe College in Cedar Rapids and University of Iowa in Iowa City.
Iowa teacher prep programs rated in new national report
ALTHOUGH MANY PROGRAMS DO WELL ON SOME ASPECTS OF TEACHER PREPARATION, OTHERS STILL STRUGGLE TO DELIVER TRAINING FUNDAMENTALS; MAJOR WEAKNESSES FOUND IN PREP FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS
2017
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