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Accreditation (NCATE)

All teacher preparation programs offered by the School of Education are approved by the New Jersey State Department of Education usingstandards of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC). In addition, teacher preparation programs are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the highest accreditation possible in teacher education. This helps our graduates as they seek employment nationwide. 

In the United States nearly 1,500 colleges and universities offer teacher education but only about 550 are NCATE accredited. In New Jersey only seven of about 25 colleges and universities have NCATE accreditation; Rider is the only private institution to do so.