University of Arkansas Ranks High for Board-Certified Teaching Graduates

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced earlier this month that the University of Arkansas ranks in the top 20 among institutions whose graduates go on to earn national board certification.

The College of Education and Health Professions offers teacher-preparation programs at the University of Arkansas.

The top 20 institutions awarded undergraduate degrees to 40 or more teachers who became National Board Certified Teachers this year, according to the director of higher education initiatives and research for the national board. The board certified 6,266 new teachers in the 2011 class for a total of nearly 100,000 nationwide.

Arkansas was one of three states, plus the District of Columbia, that tripled its number of nationally board certified teachers in the past five years, moving from 600 to 2,000. Nationwide, these teachers have had a positive impact on student achievement, according to a congressionally mandated report by the National Research Council.