Not exact matches
For example, the American
Board's Passport to Teaching certification program allows talented, motivated college graduates to demonstrate
mastery of subject matter and knowledge of teaching through a series of rigorous
examinations.
The
examinations used for demonstration of
mastery of general knowledge, professional education competence, and subject area knowledge shall be aligned with student standards approved by the state
board.
The
mastery examination shall be provided by and administered under the supervision of the State
Board of Education.
(a) As used in this section, «
mastery examination» means an
examination or
examinations, approved by the State
Board of Education, that measure essential and grade - appropriate skills in reading, writing, mathematics or science.»
The
Mastery Examination Task Force was comprised of four members from the State Department of Education including the Commissioner herself as chair, two representatives from the State
Board of Education, two from the Connecticut Association of
Boards of Education, two from the CT Association of Public School Superintendents, two from the CT Association of Schools (which oversees The Principal's Center), three from the CT Parent Teacher Association, and two chosen at - large by the Commissioner: the Executive Director of the CT Council for Education Reform and a Southern Connecticut State University professor with a math / technology background.