From the ECS State Policy Database: P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

State Testing and Assessment Requirements for Initial and Continuing General Education Teachers MS Word PDF - There are multiple requirements for teachers to become and remain certified and/or licensed to teach, including different types of tests and assessments. Passing one or more exams is a common requirement for initial teacher licensure. Assessment requirements vary across states from the type of tests administered to the required passing score(s). This ECS StateNote reports on the types of assessments each state requires for initial and continuing teacher certification and licensure only, and is not intended to advocate for the use of teacher assessments in determining teacher quality. (Angela Baber, Education Commission of the States, January 2008)...

Special Education Teacher Certification and Licensure - 50 State Database - This database, compiled in 2007 by the Education Commission of the States as a partner in the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, contains information on state level policies regarding the certification and licensure of special education teachers. (ECS 2007)...

State-Level Testing Requirements for Teacher Certification MS Word PDF - This ECS StateNote addresses teacher certification testing requirements across all 50 States, the District of Columbia and the four U.S. territories. The report classfies states according to whether they: (1) have their own teacher certification exams, (2) require some combination of the Educational Testing Services Praxis exam series or (3) require some combination of different assessments for teacher certification. (Angela Baber, Education Commission of the States, January 2007)...

Teacher Certification and Licensure - 50 State Database - This database, compiled by the Education Commission of the States as a partner in the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, contains information on state level policies regarding the certification and licensure of teachers. (Teaching Quality and Leadership Institute, ECS, 2006)...

Preparing and Credentialing the Nation’s Teachers: The Secretary’s Eighth Report on Teacher Quality - The Secretary's Eighth Report on Teacher Quality presents the most current information for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the outlying areas. The report outlines how states are preparing and credentialing teachers, and is based on state-submitted data from 2008, 2009 and 2010.(U.S. Department of Education, 2011) ...

The All-Purpose Science Teacher: An Analysis of Loopholes in State Requirements for High School Science Teachers - NCTQ's analysis of science-teacher licensure policies in every state of the union reveals that most offer loopholes allowing high school teachers to teach specific subjects without adequate preparation. Eleven states get a green light for avoiding such loopholes, but 33 are given red. (National Council on Teacher Quality, September 2010)...

A Study of Laws in Other States that Permit the Dissemination of Confidential Information Pertaining to Teacher Certification - Maine’s Office of Policy and Legal Analysis was charged by the legislature to look at what rules govern Maine and other states in dissemination of confidential teacher certification information. This study summarizes other state laws, identifies comparable professions in Maine and their handling of confidential licensure information, and reviews possible conflicts between laws governing reports of child abuse and neglect and the confidentiality provisions of teacher certification laws. Included are issues for further consideration by the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. (Phillip McCarthy, Carolyn Russo and Darlene Shores Lynch, Office of Policy and Legal Analysis, Maine State Legislature, October 2008)...

The New Jersey Alternate Route Program: An Analysis of the Perspectives from Alternate Route Teachers, Alternate Route Instructors, and Alternate Route Mentors - Established in the early 1980s, the primary goal of New Jersey’s Alternate Route was to increase teacher quality by recruiting candidates with strong liberal arts backgrounds. This report examines several questions, including: Is the program accomplishing its goal? Are school leaders satisfied with the teachers? In addition, recommendations are presented to improve and better evaluate the alternative route program. (Prepared for the New Jersey Department of Education, Fall 2007) ...