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er-2753	Pankratz, Roger	The Power of Partnerships in Becoming Accountable for the Impact of Teacher Candidates on P-12 Learning	2012	16	.pdf	application/pdf	6412	232	38	Assessment, teacher work sample, and mentoring coordinators usually met on Wednesdays to report progress on the project objectives and work plan with respect to the development of performance data management and accountability systems, implementation of teacher work samples, and the establishment of mentoring programs. • In addition, AEL researchers concluded that based on the data and experience at the four universities visited that both accountability systems and teacher work samples had contributed to improving teacher quality through four processes: • Teacher work samples and accountability systems shifted the teacher preparation focus from textbook-driven instruction which focuses on “material coverage” to data- driven instruction to meet state and local content standards; • Teacher work samples helped teacher educators become more accountable for their own performance through standards-based teaching, learning, and assessments; • Teacher work samples prompted all universities to modify their preparation curriculum because of observed needs of candidates in areas, such as assessment and reflective writing; and • Both teacher work samples and accountability systems have increased conversations and cooperation across departments within colleges of education and across to colleges of arts and sciences (Cowley, Voelkel & Finch, 2005).	cache/er-2753.pdf	txt/er-2753.txt