The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its 2014 Teacher Prep
Review, with a much expanded and more comprehensive evaluation of 1,612 teacher preparation
programs across the United States, and for the first time, a numeric ranking of programs. No program in
Florida earned national ‘Top Ranked’ status—a distinction awarded to 107 programs in the nation for
overall strong performance—leaving Florida State University with the highest ranked elementary
program and University of Central Florida with the highest ranked secondary program in the state.