National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certificationof little value

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) recently reviewed the research on two programs for teachers, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification and MyTeachingPartnerTM Pre-K. The results are summarized in two intervention reports released today, February 13, by the Institute of Education Sciences. The NBPTS awards a highly selective professional certification to accomplished teachers who have completed three full years of regular teaching service and can demonstrate that their teaching practices meet the NBPTS standards. After reviewing the research, the WWC found that NBPTS-certified teachers had mixed effects on mathematics achievement and no discernible effects on English language arts achievement for students in grades 3 through 8. Read the full report and learn more about the studies that contributed to this rating. MyTeachingPartnerTM Pre-K is a professional development program for early education teachers that incorporates a video library, interactive training, a college course, and trained coaches to provide teachers with the knowledge and skills to engage in more effective student interactions. There are no studies of MyTeachingPartnerTM Pre-K that meet WWC group design standards at this time. Therefore, the WWC is unable to draw any conclusions based on research about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the program. More research is needed to determine the program’s impacts.