- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- An examination of teacher certification testing under Georgia's Quality Basic Education Act, 1987
- Creator:
- Fields, Meigan M.
- Date of Original:
- 1987-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The primary intent of this paper is to examine the implementation of Georgia's Quality Basic Education (QBE) Act with the focus of the examination centering around part 6 of the Act (Personnel) as it relates to teacher certification testing�mainly the testing of veteran teachers. In so doing, the writer reviewed both sides (support and opposition) of this controversial issue. As a background to QBE, the paper traced the history of education in Georgia and Georgia's three educational reforms during this century. The study is significant because it brings to light the controversy surrounding teacher certification testing as a measure of teacher competence. The major findings of this paper were that teacher certification testing does not accurately determine teacher competence and its validity and reliability are questionable. The major sources of information for this study were a combination of primary and secondary sources. Primary sources consisted of interviews with officials in the Georgia Department of Education, a principal, teachers, and members of the Georgia Association of Educators. The secondary sources comprised books, journals, Government documents, newspapers and magazines. Recommendations to address the problem surrounding teacher certification testing were offered.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1987_fields_meigan_m
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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