NEW YORK—The New York City Department of Education’s new process of grading the colleges and universities that train the largest share of its new teachers shows that all are producing high-quality candidates, a school official said.
The department issued a report Wednesday analyzing new hires from 12 teacher-education programs including those at Columbia University, New York University, St. John’s University and several City University of New York campuses.
Each of the schools has had at least 150 graduates hired as New York City teachers since 2008. The information reflects the performance of teachers from 2008 to 2012.
“We wanted to see whether the universities and colleges that are providing us with the majority of our teachers are meeting our needs,” Deputy Schools Chancellor David Weiner said. “Are they putting student teachers and teachers into the schools that need them the most? Are they bringing them to the subject areas that we need the most?”
In addition to examining whether programs are training candidates for high-demand jobs like special education, the report compared the job performance ratings of graduates of each of the schools.
It also looked at how many graduates of each of the schools were still on the job after three years.
There were differences among the programs but no clear winners or losers.
