The mission of the National Education Policy Center is to produce and disseminate high-quality, peer-reviewed research to inform education policy discussions. We are guided by the belief that the democratic governance of public education is strengthened when policies are based on sound evidence.
Publications:
http://nepc.colorado.edu/publications
The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) website contains hundreds of publications on important education policy and practice topics. In our publications we present high quality research and analysis in language accessible to experts and non-experts alike. NEPC publications are timely as well as insightful.
Holding Teacher Preparation Accountable: A Review of Claims and Evidence:
http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/teacher-prep
Teacher preparation has emerged as an acutely politicized and publicized issue in U.S. education policy and practice, and there have been fierce debates about the methods and reasoning behind it. Because of the importance of teachers and teacher education, policy should be driven by the best evidence based on high-quality research.
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