Ximena Suarez-Sousa, Sue Severson selected to present study at annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education meeting

Ximena Suarez-Sousa, Teacher Education Data Manager and Sue Severson, Teacher Education Accreditation/Self-Study Coordinator, were selected to present their study entitled “The Correlation of ACT Scores with Teacher Education Accreditation Key Assessments at a Midwestern Institution” at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) in Atlanta, 2015. Outcomes from this correlational study are part of a series of data analyses that Suarez-Sousa and Severson conduct periodically as requirements for national and state accreditation as well as self-study and program improvement purposes. The results of this study are important evidence that will be presented during the upcoming accreditation review by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE/CAEP) and the Minnesota Board of Teaching (BOT), which will take place in March, 2015.