BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: April 18, 2007
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Gene Mullin, Chair
AB 1415 (Brownley) - As Amended: April 12, 2007
SUBJECT : Administrative services credential
SUMMARY : Creates a data evaluation report to assess the
effectiveness of accredited programs that provide administrative
service credential preparation. Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires, on or before January 1, 2009, the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing (CTC) to adopt a data evaluation report
capable of assessing the effectiveness of each accredited
program of professional preparation that provides preparation
for the administrative services credential.
2)Requires the effectiveness of the programs to be assessed on
multiple measures, including, but not limited to:
a) The ability to prepare candidates who improve student
learning;
b) Program completion rates; and,
c) Placement of program graduates in administrative
positions.
3)Requires the CTC to convene a stakeholder group, as specified,
to recommend other outcome-based performance measures for
inclusion in the data evaluation report and to measure the
effectiveness of the various routes for earning an
administrative services credential.
4)Expresses Legislative intent that the data evaluation report
be used to further the purpose of the program accreditation
process and it be embedded within the biennial accreditation
report; as specified.
5)Requires each program of administrator preparation to submit
the data in the data evaluation report to the CTC
electronically at the same time that they are required to
submit their biennial accreditation report.
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6)Requires the CTC to regularly review the accredited
administrator preparation programs and if a program if deemed
struggling, provide the program with assistance to improve or
revoke their accreditation.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Requires the CTC to adopt and implement an accreditation
framework, which, among other things, sets forth the policies
of the CTC regarding the accreditation of educator preparation
in California.
2)Sets forth the minimum requirements for the preliminary
services credential with a specialization in administrative
services. One of the requirements is completion of an entry
level program of specialized and professional preparation in
administrative services approved by the CTC or a one-year
internship in a program of supervised training in
administrative services, approved by the CTC as satisfying the
requirements for the preliminary services credential with a
specialization in administrative services.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : Purpose . According to the sponsor, EdVoice, "In 2005,
Arthur Levine former President and Professor of Education at
Teachers College, Columbia University, released a comprehensive
report about our schools of education titled, "Educating School
Leaders." According to Levine, "The report concluded that
educational administration is the weakest program that schools
of education offer. It found that few strong programs exist;
most vary in quality from inadequate to appalling. Their
shortcomings include irrelevant and incoherent curricula, low
admission and graduation standards, inadequate clinical
instruction, weak faculties, degrees that are irrelevant to the
jobs students eventually hold, insufficient financial support,
and poor research."
The good news is the California Commission on Teacher
Credentialing has been proactive. They are currently
establishing an accreditation process much more focused on
ensuring that the programs are effective and truly imparting the
skills our school site leaders need to improve student
achievement and turn around our struggling schools. AB 1415
supports that effort, and provides the direction needed to
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ensure that as the new accreditation details are finalized, the
process will provide appropriate attention to the program
performance outcomes and the critical leadership skills they
impart."
Background on the CTC accreditation process and the biennial
report . Over the last few years, the CTC has been working to
implement a revised educator preparation accreditation system.
The revised system will be spread over a seven year cycle
instead of concentrating accreditation activities into a single
event which took place once every six years. The revised
accreditation system will begin implementation in 2007-2008. The
new accreditation system focuses on several components
including: accountability, quality, standards, ongoing
improvement, biennial reports, program assessment, and site
visits.
A new addition to accreditation system is the biennial report.
This report is designed to summarize information about each
educator preparation program offered, specifically information
collected and used for program improvement. It is designed to
focus specifically on candidate outcomes data and is intended to
be data driven, concise, and not overly burdensome to complete.
These biennial reports will serve to inform the Committee on
Accreditation and accreditation review teams throughout the 7
year cycle of accreditation. In these biennial reports, program
sponsors will include aggregated outcomes data a program sponsor
collects on its candidates, what that data says about the
programs, and whether there are any issues that would require
further review before a site visit is scheduled.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
EdVoice
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Misty Feusahrens / ED. / (916) 319-2087