Goldhaber quoted by the New Yorker on Racial Disparities in Teacher Licensure Tests
Posted: 11/2/2023 (CSDE in the News and CSDE Research)
The New Yorker recently quoted Dan Goldhaber (Social Work) in an article on New York’s lawsuit regarding racial disparities in their teacher licensure tests. Goldhaber commented on the tests, saying “There is inequality in society. And one of the ways that manifests is with different educational outcomes.” Goldhaber also pointed out “there’s a lot of options besides have exams or don’t have exams” and weighed in New York’s new approach, to make preparation programs responsible for evaluating whether they’re ready to be in a classroom. Goldhaber was skeptical of this alternative. Teachers’ colleges have “pretty strong financial incentives not to tell somebody who is pursuing a teaching career, ‘Sorry, we don’t think you’re going to make it,’ ” he said. “Those kinds of institutional incentives make me think that very few people would be ruled out.” Read the full story here.