Assessing teachers for professional certification : the first decade of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

This book first focuses on the task of developing standards and assessments; second, brings together papers about the conduct of performance assessments; third, brings together three papers examining validity in relation to the NBPTS certification process; fourth, includes two chapters examining the effects of National Board certification; and finally widens the focus and looks at the NBPTS in the context of educational reform and as a national system for evaluating teachers.