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Teacher preparation reform reports: 1985–1990: A bibliographic essay

Bonnie Gratch (Education specialist and director of information services at Bowling Green State University Libraries, Bowling Green, Ohio)

Reference Services Review

ISSN: 0090-7324

Article publication date: 1 March 1992

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Abstract

The decade of the 1980s was unique for the sheer quantity of education reform reports and legislation. Virtually every state enacted education reform legislation, including reforms of teacher education, licensing, and comprehension. According to Darling‐Hammond and Berry, over 1,000 pieces of legislation related to teachers have been drafted since 1980, and “a substantial fraction have been implemented.” As I discussed in my 1989 RSR article, “Five Years after A Nation at Risk: An Annotated Bibliography,” two waves of 1980s reform reports were identified in the enormous body of primary and secondary literature dealing with education reform. The reform publications of the early 1980s stressed improvements in curricular standards, student performance outcomes, and changes to the education programs, such as salary increases, teacher testing, and stricter certification requirements. The second‐wave reform publications emphasized more complex issues centered around the concepts of restructuring the schools and teacher education programs, as well as empowering teachers to become more involved in curriculum and governance issues.

Citation

Gratch, B. (1992), "Teacher preparation reform reports: 1985–1990: A bibliographic essay", Reference Services Review, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 47-75. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb049161

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MCB UP Ltd

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