Candidates with a liberal or professional undergraduate degree who are now seeking
licensure as an elementary teacher.
Not exact matches
[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.
The post-BA masters with
licensure programs for
elementary and secondary preservice
teachers follow similar patterns
as the undergraduate programs in the area of coursework.
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 o
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 o
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 o
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
Further, Texas's
licensure loopholes are particularly worrisome,
as the state has strong subject - matter requirements for
elementary teachers that are potentially sabotaged by the fact that
teachers who have not passed
licensure tests are allowed to be in the classroom for up to three years.
But perhaps this problem has never been stated
as starkly
as in a recent paper examining the distribution of
teacher quality in Washington state: «We demonstrate that in
elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms (both math and reading), every measure of
teacher quality — experience,
licensure exam score, and value - added estimates of effectiveness — is inequitably distributed across every indicator of student disadvantage — free / reduced lunch status, underrepresented minority, and low prior academic performance.»
§ Must be a junior or senior (completed at least 60 college credit hours) in a course of instruction with the intent to attain
licensure as a
teacher in math, science, special education in a public school in Arizona or attain
licensure as a
teacher in
elementary education in a public school that is located in a geographic area (Apache, Cochise, Graham & Greenlee) in Arizona that is experiencing a shortage of
teachers as determined by the state board of education.