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National Awards Program for Effective Teacher Preparation

The purpose of the National Awards Program for Effective Teacher Preparation is to promote excellence in teaching and teacher preparation. Applicants must adequately document three types of evidence (formative, summative, and confirming) that, taken together, demonstrate their graduates are able to help all K-12 students (including students in regular education, students in special education, students from diverse backgrounds, and students with limited English proficiency) improve their learning. All three types of evidence are necessary for an application to proceed beyond the first stage of review. Applications that advance beyond stage two of the review process (i.e., those of the highest quality) will be those that provide compelling evidence from multiple indicators or measures collected for a period of two or more years.

Applications are due July 3, 2000.

For further information about the application [277KB] or the awards program, please contact Sharon Horn at the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Room 506e, Washington DC 20208-5644, phone (202) 219-2203, FAX (202) 219-2198, or email sharon.horn@ed.gov.

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