Sentences with phrase «licensure test performance»
Figure 2: Observed Relationship Between Teacher Licensure Test Performance and Effectiveness
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[17] We illustrate this in Figure 2, which shows the relationship between teachers» future classroom effectiveness (at the elementary level) as measured by value - added and their initial performance on licensure tests.
Potential elementary school teachers in 21 states take the same test for licensure — the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching exam — with a possible score range of 100 to 200.11 Teachers in Iowa must earn a scaled score of 167 to pass, while teachers in Alabama pass with a scaled score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut scores were well below the median score of 176.13
TeachingWorks and Educational Testing Service Reception Join TeachingWorks and Educational Testing Service (ETS) at a reception celebrating the third annual Preparing Teachers for Practice strand and introducing the Transforming Educator Licensure (TEL) project, focused on building new performance assessments for teacher lLicensure (TEL) project, focused on building new performance assessments for teacher licensurelicensure.
Licensure assessments for those entering teaching reflect this uncertainty; virtually all measure some aspects of candidates» personal content knowledge but few test their knowledge at a standard adequate for teaching it, and even fewer require evidence of performance ability — in part because there is no professional consensus around what a new teacher should be able to do.
The program's problem - based curriculum and performance - based assessment also prepare candidates for the School Leader Licensure Assessment (SLLA), the state - required test for principal certification.
A study of teacher testing in North Carolina found a positive relationship between teacher performance on licensure exams and student learning gains.108 However, other studies have failed to find a significant relationship between teacher effectiveness and performance on licensure exams.109 Some of that inconsistency may be linked to the quality of the exams, which vary by state.
Field testing of edTPA ended in 2013, and teacher preparation programs in 33 states use it in some capacity.111 Some states are beginning to require some form of performance - based assessment as a condition of licensure.