Teacher Education Assessment Committee

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Chair: Mary E. Yakimowski (mary.yakimowski@uconn.edu)

At UConn, the process of assessment and evidence is an integral part of all the committees functioning as a part of the TNE project.  The charge of the Neag Teacher Education Assessment Sub-Committee is to provide support and advice related to Teacher Education and/or TNE research activities.  The subcommittee employs a multi-disciplinary team of educational leaders, practitioners, and researchers working together collaboratively to address issues of measurement, assessment, evaluation, and statistical analysis.  Outcomes of this process may include the development of instruments and protocols, the implementation of research designs, the analyses of data, and providing feedback regarding research initiatives.  For example, a major endeavor for this subcommittee is our Educational Expansion project.  Educational Expansion involves the development of a system to link pupils and teachers, in grades 2 through 8, in 8 Connecticut school districts in which a large number of Neag graduates are now teaching!  TNE has made a multi-year commitment to investigate teacher impact on pupil learning, including a state-wide database of student achievement data.  In addition, the subcommittee will continue developing protocols to survey teacher education students upon entrance and exit from the program as well as alumni.