Boisi Lecture Features Talk by Teacher Preparation Expert Shepard
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The purposes of evaluating teacher preparation — and whether these purposes are served by current practices — will be discussed by University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education Dean Lorrie Shepard on Oct. 19, as part of the 18th Annual Boisi Lecture in Education and Public Policy.
Shepard’s talk, “Principles for Evaluating Teacher Preparation: Validity, Integrity, and Coherence,” will take place at 5 p.m. in Higgins 300.
A University Distinguished Professor at UCB, Shepard is an expert on psychometrics and the use and misuse of tests in educational settings. She is a past president of the American Educational Research Association and the National Council on Measurement in Education.
In her lecture, Shepard will address the shift to the evaluation of outcomes in teacher preparation, and how issues of validity affect categories such as content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and skills and retention. She also will explore how measures and indicators can be made meaningful, coherent and not be overly burdensome in evaluation.
A reception will be held following the event.