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Transforming Vision into Reality

NBPTS improves teaching quality and student learning by:1.Providing standards for accomplished

teaching 2.Administering a voluntary assessment

of teachers who meet those standards3.Engaging teacher leaders in school

improvement

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1. Teachers are committed to students and their learning.

2. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students.

3. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.

4. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.

5. Teachers are members of learning communities.

Five Core Propositions

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The Assessment

Based on NBPTS standards Ten scored components

Portfolio entries focus on teaching practice

Assessment center exercises focus on content knowledge

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Four Portfolio Entries Large- and small-group

videos of classroom practice Student work samples Documented collaboration

Six Assessment Center Exercises Timed, open-response

prompts

The Assessment

Six Assessment Center Exercises

Four Portfolio Entries

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82,000 Teacher Leaders

• Mentoring new teachers• Coaching struggling teachers• Creating high-quality professional

development • Developing curriculum • Involving parents • Supporting school improvement

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Research Says . . .

Significantly positive impact

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Research Says . . .

Significantly measurable positive impact

Students of NBCTs score 7 to 15 percentage points higher on year-end tests than students of non-NBCTs. (Goldhaber, U. of Washington)

In 48 comparisons, students of NBCTs surpassed students of non-NBCTs in almost three quarters of the comparisons. The learning gains were equivalent to spending an extra month in school. (Vandevoort, Arizona State Univ.)

Students of NBCTs exhibit deeper learning outcomes more frequently than students of non-NBCTs (Smith, Appalachian State)

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Research Says . . .

Significantly measurable positive impact

Students of NBCTs score 7 to 15 percentage points higher on year-end tests than students of non-NBCTs. (Goldhaber, U. of Washington)

In 48 comparisons, students of NBCTs surpassed students of non-NBCTs in almost three quarters of the comparisons. The learning gains were equivalent to spending an extra month in school. (Vandevoort, Arizona State Univ.)

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Research Says . . .

Significantly measurable positive impact

Students of NBCTs score 7 to 15 percentage points higher on year-end tests than students of non-NBCTs. (Goldhaber, U. of Washington)

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Research Says . . .

Significantly measurable positive impact

Students of NBCTs score 7 to 15 percentage points higher on year-end tests than students of non-NBCTs. (Goldhaber, U. of Washington)

In 48 comparisons, students of NBCTs surpassed students of non-NBCTs in almost three quarters of the comparisons. The learning gains were equivalent to spending an extra month in school. (Vandevoort, Arizona State Univ.)

Students of NBCTs exhibit deeper learning outcomes more frequently than students of non-NBCTs (Smith, Appalachian State)

Some reports have shown mixed results, but even in those cases, some positive gains were noted. In sum, the research evidence says . . .

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Research Says . . .

Significantly positive impact