National Council On Teacher Quality Ranks Top HBCUs

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) was founded in 2000 to provide an alternative voice to existing teacher organizations. Based in Washington, D.C, this council advocates for tougher evaluations of classroom teachers. It is primarily known for its Teacher Preparation Review that helps future teachers to select good schools and makes it easier for school districts to find educators who are well-prepared.

On June 17, 2014, NCTQ released its annual ranking of teacher preparation programs. The report outlines which education programs are building the best teachers, and which ones need to set up their game. The rankings are based on various standards set over eight years and ten pilot studies. With the help of domestic and international teacher education experts, National Council on Teacher Quality takes an in-depth look at admission standards, course syllabi, textbooks, course requirements, student teaching manuals, and graduate surveys, among other sources to score various elementary and secondary teaching courses.

The second edition of NCTQ’s annual assessment evaluated 2400 teacher preparation programs at 1,127 institutions. Of which, 1,612 undergraduate and graduate education programs were ranked by NCTQ using crucial standards it designated. Among schools training elementary and secondary teachers, eight and eleven HBCU’s respectively made to the list. As programs preparing elementary school educators are often different from those preparing high school teachers, so they were ranked separately. Let’s find out which HBCU’s proudly made to the rankings list.

HBCU’s that made to the elementary rankings list

RANK	UNIVERSITY	STATE
260	Langston University	OK
273	Alabama A&M University	AL
273	North Carolina A&T State University	NC
285	Cheyney University of Pennsylvania	PA
299	Lincoln University	MO
312	Florida A&M University	FL
360	Norfolk State University	VA
394	Alabama State University	AL

 

HBCU’s that made to the secondary rankings list

RANK	UNIVERSITY	STATE
82	Delaware State University	DE
127	Alabama A&M University	AL
157	Fayetteville State University	NC
157	Morgan State University	MD
247	Florida A&M University	FL
247	Virginia State University	VA
247	Langston University	OK
247	Fort Valley State University	GA
259	Central State University	OH
259	Tennessee State University	TN
406	Grambling State University	LA