If an education school meets state standards needed for program approval and is accredited, why do NCTQ's ratings matter?

Both program approval standards set by states and accreditation standards set by private organizations provide no indication of the quality of one institution's preparation relative to another. Admittedly, this is by design; both the state and the accreditation agencies do not rate or rank schools because accreditation is a pass/fail system that determines whether preparation providers meet national professional standards. But, unfortunately, this leaves consumers aspiring teachers and schools which hire teachers in the dark.

Further, a relatively small number of the more than 1,400 schools of education in the country have ever lost program approval by their states or had their regional accreditation withdrawn. This may lead consumers to the conclusion that the roughly 1,400 schools are performing at a satisfactory level, which is just not the case. While accrediting agencies have expressed a commitment to utilize the student performance data to drive program improvement from state ... more.

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