Which framework provides the standards used in the National Competency-Based Teacher Standards?

• A. National Competency-Based Teacher Standards framework
• B. Table of Specifications
• C. Literary Publication System
• D. International Teaching Standards

Answer: (A)

A framework serves to organize and present the performance standards teachers are expected to meet. In this case, the National Competency-Based Teacher Standards framework itself provides the standards used in the National Competency-Based Teacher Standards. Other options don’t fit because a Table of Specifications is a test-design tool that links items to content areas, not a source of teaching standards; a Literary Publication System has no relation to teaching standards; and International Teaching Standards refer to a different, external set of standards, not the national framework for these competencies.