Sentences with phrase «higher licensure test»

High rates of inexperienced and unlicensed teachers moved to charter schools, but among regularly licensed teachers changing schools, charter movers had higher licensure test scores than other moving teachers, and they were more likely to be highly experienced.

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However, without the changes Massachusetts made to its entire system of teacher licensing (e.g., subject area licensing tests for all prospective teachers, criteria for achieving full licensure after beginning teaching, and criteria for license renewal for veteran teachers), it is unlikely there would have been enduring gains in achievement for students in all demographic groups and in all its regional vocational / technical high schools — gains confirmed by tests independent of control or manipulation by Massachusetts or federal policy makers.

Yet research on the impact of licensure on student outcomes is inconclusive, with some studies finding little, if any, difference among traditionally certified and uncertified teachers and others finding substantially higher student test scores among traditionally certified teachers.

And yet, the researchers argue that using test scores to make high - stakes decisions about teachers» jobs is actually a more accurate method than previous systems, which often depended on cursory classroom observations, pass rates on licensure tests, and degrees earned.

For example, both Oregon and Georgia use the Praxis II Mathematics: Content Knowledge exam for the licensure of prospective secondary school math teachers (a test judged to be at the advanced high school level.

Study Finds Teacher Licensure Tests are Mostly High School Level: If This Is All We Expect Teachers to Know, Why do We Make Them go to College?

A teacher's subject - specific licensure test scores are a consistent and statistically significant predictor of student achievement only in high school biology.

More states will be using the test soon, and «ultimately,» according to the edTPA website, «the long - term expectation is that institutions of higher education, state education boards and professional standards boards throughout the United States will adopt edTPA as a mandatory requirement for the award of an education degree and / or for teacher licensure.»