Widener University’s undergraduate elementary education program as received an A+ rating in elementary mathematics from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). The report analyzed over 1,100 teaching programs and recognized 79 as A+ programs.

The data examined the performance of teacher preparation programs across the country in preparing future teachers to teach elementary mathematics. The analysis evaluates programs for their coverage of both the key mathematics content that elementary teachers need, as well as how to teach those concepts.

Widener met 100 percent of recommended instructional hours across all the mathematics content topics and pedagogy that were part of the analysis to achieve the A+ rating.

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