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Accreditation and Teacher Education: A Cross-National Case Study

Table 1: Summary of the analysis results

Country Accreditation in the field of higher education Accreditation in the field of teacher education Admission to the profession
United Kingdom Mandatory (by a government agency) in the form of a quality assurance policy review Mandatory by the Department of Education (for school-based programs) -(The test was abolished in 2020).
USA Voluntary (by 60+ agencies)Mandatory (institutional) - only for getting federal aid Mandatory (institutional) applied in most states (teacher certification requirements) Mandatory in most states: ETS Praxis or equivalent
Australia Mandatory (by a state agency). For universities - self-accreditation (program) Mandatory (program) at the state level Mandatory (Literacy and Numeracy Test)
Canada Mandatory - at the stage of new program launching (at the provincial level), subsequently - voluntary Mandatory in 2 of 13 provinces -(mandatory for Ontario maths teachers)
Hong Kong Mandatory (by a state agency). For some universities - self-accreditation (program) - Mandatory for teachers of English or Chinese languages
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