More Teaching, Less Testing on Path to Certification

To Earn Classroom Certification, More Teaching and Less Testing.
(source MER, thanks Brian)

By AL BAKER New York Times

Brief excerpts:

New York and up to 25 other states are moving toward changing the way they grant licenses to teachers, de-emphasizing tests and written essays in favor of a more demanding approach that requires aspiring teachers to prove themselves through lesson plans, homework assignments and videotaped instruction sessions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/nyregion/with-new-standards-going-beyond-paper-and-pencil-to-license-teachers.html.