BILL ANALYSIS
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1415 (Brownley)
As Amended April 12, 2007
Majority vote
EDUCATION 10-0 APPROPRIATIONS
(vote not
available)
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|Ayes:|Mullin, Garrick, | | |
| |Brownley, Coto, Eng, | | |
| |Hancock, Huff, Karnette, | | |
| |Nakanishi, Solorio | | |
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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
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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.
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 : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor, absorbable costs to the CTC to convene the
stakeholder group and complete the report.
COMMENTS : According to the sponsor, EdVoice, a 2005 report by
Arthur Levine, former President and Professor of Education at
Teachers College, Columbia University, concluded that
educational administration is the weakest program that schools
of education offer. It found that few strong programs exist and
most vary in quality from inadequate to appalling. Their
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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 CTC has been proactive and are currently establishing an
accreditation process much more focused on ensuring that these
programs are effective and truly imparting the skills our school
site leaders need to improve student achievement and turn around
our struggling schools. This bill supports that effort and
provides the direction needed to 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.
Analysis Prepared by : Misty Feusahrens / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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