The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is a national, voluntary system to assess and certify teachers established in 1987.
The NBPTS's mission is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do and advocating related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers.
NBPTS certification is an extensive series of performance-based assessments that include teaching portfolios, student work samples, student learning, videotapes, and analyses of the candidates' classroom teaching.
Teachers must also complete a series of written exercises that assess their subject-matter knowledge and understanding of how to best teach subjects to their students.
This component of the assessment process consists of assessment exercises that are focused on a candidate's content knowledge.
Candidates are responsible for content and pedagogical knowledge across the full age range of a selected certificate area (and specialty area, if applicable).
The assessment center exercises are computer-administered during the spring and summer months at testing centers located in every state in the nation.
There are more than 300 centers available to accommodate candidates for National Board Certification, and candidates can choose any location they wish to attend.
At the assessment center, candidates respond to exercises that may be based on advance materials (sent to candidates well in advance of the assessment center testing period), on-screen materials (provided to candidates during the assessment), or on-site materials (provided upon arrival at the assessment center).
SREB states continue to lead the way in the number of teachers who earn certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
The report, SREB States Remain on Top in the Number of Teachers Achieving National Board Certification highlights the legislation and incentives that have made a difference in increasing the number of teachers who meet the high, rigorous standards to earn this certification.
Links to SREB State and Related Resources
for National Certification Testing
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