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Since graduate education accreditation standards have not yet been developed in Turkey, graduate accreditation of teacher education programs cannot be made. This study was carried out to fill this gap in the literature. In the study, undergraduate and graduate (doctoral program) accreditation standards of quality assurance institutions that are members of umbrella accreditation organizations in Europe and America were examined and graduate accreditation standards for teacher education programs in Turkey were prepared. For this purpose, 8 quality assurance standard areas were developed to be used in postgraduate education. The study was designed in scanning model. Document analysis and delphi technique were used as data collection tools. In line with document review technique, undergraduate and graduate standards of 27 accreditation institutions from 12 countries were examined. Doctoral program standards of Saxony region, EU undergraduate standards and standards of regional quality bodies were also examined. Obtained data were analyzed by content analysis method. Prepared standards were presented to expert opinions with Delphi technique and standards were revised in line with the feedback from 47 experts. a total of 8 standard areas were determined as (1) curriculum and instruction, (2) faculty members, (3) students and graduate admissions policy, (4) learning environments/resources, (5) information access and use, internationalization, and collaboration, (6) management and Quality assurance, (7) scientific research and scientific ethics, and (8) graduate program evaluation team in the study. In this study, 14 substandards of the management and quality assurance standard area were presented.

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