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"The International Reading Association has long been concerned with the preparation of reading teachers and reading specialists," says Jack Cassidy, chair of the Quality Undergraduate Elementary and Secondary Teacher Education in Reading (QUESTER) Task Force.
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"The Certificate of Distinction offers institutions an opportunity to showcase their programs for the preparation of classroom teachers to teach reading," Cassidy says.It also allows them to provide a service to the profession as a whole because IRA intends to examine the qualities of programs that achieve the Certificate of Distinction in order to enrich the knowledge base about highly effective reading preparation programs.
The Certificate of Distinction is based on the work of the National Commission on Excellence in Elementary Teacher Preparation for Reading Instruction, IRA's Accreditation Task Force, and the IRA/Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) Standards Task Force.Putting all this information together was the responsibility of QUESTER, which is comprised of leading authorities in reading, some of whom represent agencies such as the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
"All universities are eager to see that their programs are high quality," Cassidy says.
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