Standard 3: Quality Program Practices (2025 Standards)
Standard 3 and its seven aspects read as follows.*
The provider’s resources and internal quality control practices ensure that it has the capacity to effectively prepare educators to support success for all learners. Evidence shows that in practices appropriate to its model, the provider:
- Recruits, admits, onboards, monitors, and provides timely and targeted support to candidates to ensure their success
- Offers coherent curricula that are aligned to appropriate state, national, or professional standards
- Uses instructional practices and resources within programs that are evidence-based and regularly evaluated for effectiveness
- Engages with partners to provide candidates with supported clinical experiences in placements appropriate to the credential sought
- Develops and maintains an effective assessment system, with input from the community, that uses trustworthy data to plan for and evaluate improvements and innovations
- Develops and maintains an effective internal quality control system that is consistently implemented and supports candidate success
- Maintains capacity for quality reflected in staffing, resources, operational processes, and institutional commitment to program quality
Evidence for Standards 3 and 4 includes documentation of policies and practices as well as evidence of their effectiveness. See the Guide to AAQEP Accreditation for details.
* In keeping with Aspect 4g, AAQEP recognizes that providers will address each aspect using terms and definitions that are consistent with the state standards and legal requirements that apply to their work.
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