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ADTSEA
Driver Education
Standards
Delivery Systems &
Outcomes
National
Novice Teen Driver
Education &
Training
Administrative
Standards
Novice Teen
Driver
Education and
Training
Administrative
Standards
I am pleased to
forward the
recently
published
Novice Teen
Driver
Education and
Training
Administrative
Standards. This
new document
represents the
best efforts of
professionals
from a wide
spectrum of
interests to
provide
guidance that
will enhance
both the
uniformity and
professionalism
of driver
education
across the
Nation.
These
administrative
standards
complete a set
of three
guidance
documents that
will assist
States in
planning and
implementing
effective
driver
education
systems.
Together with
the model
curriculum
developed by
the National
Highway Traffic
Safety
Administration
and the
American Driver
and Traffic
Safety
Education
Association in
2005, and the
model education
standards
introduced by
the two
organizations
in 2007, these
new
administrative
standards
provide a
comprehensive
framework for
State driver
education
systems. The
framework
follows a
professional
education
approach,
allowing
flexibility for
local
conditions and
efficiency for
periodic
technical
updates, while
promoting
consistency and
quality
assurance
across programs
and among
States.
We called on
leading experts
in the driver
education
professional
community to
take on the
task of
creating these
administrative
standards – and
we look for
their
assistance in
implementing
them.
Ultimately, it
will be the
driver
education
professional
community that
will play the
key role in
promoting and
implementing
the standards.
The driver
education state
administrators,
teachers (both
private and
public),
curriculum
developers,
researchers,
school owners,
and association
members must
recognize the
importance of
agreeing on
common
principles in
order to move
forward.
NHTSA will
help. We will
encourage the
highway safety
community to
promote these
standards and
to support
efforts to
maintain,
upgrade and
expand their
State driver
education
system. NHTSA
will also take
part in efforts
to bring the
wide spectrum
of driver
education
professionals
and
organizations
together to
coordinate
uniform
delivery of
driver
education and
acceptance of
professional
standards.
NHTSA supported
the development
of this
document, but
these standards
are not NHTSA’s
creation. They
represent the
best thinking
of the driver
education
community. As a
highway safety
professional,
you can play an
important role
in implementing
these standards
and improving
driver
education
systems across
the nation. I
thank you in
advance for
your efforts.
Brian
McLaughlin,
Senior
Associate
Administrator
National
Highway Traffic
Safety
Administration |
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