The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization in the United States. Founded in 1987, NBPTS develops and maintains advanced standards for educators and offers a national, voluntary assessment, National Board Certification, based on the NBPTS Standards. As of December 2017, more than 118,000 educators have become National Board Certified Teachers in the United States. Its headquarters is located in Arlington, Va. The board was formed in response to a 1986 report issued by the Task Force on Teaching as a Profession, a group funded by the Carnegie Forum on Education, of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The report, entitled A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century, called for the creation of a board to “define what teachers should know and be able to do” and to “support the creation of a rigorous, valid assessment to see that certified teachers do meet these standards.” Former governor of North Carolina, James B. Hunt Jr., served as the first chair of the NBPTSBoard of Directors and former Ford Foundation executive, James A. Kelly, became the National Board's first president. More information...
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