Not exact matches
Less than one - third of states currently require these
exams for
licensure, however, and many states that do still tend to set a low bar for passage.8 In sum, many
licensure exams do not include a performance component and do not assess the types of skills that
make for great teaching in the classroom.
States that
make teacher
licensure exams a more meaningful measure of readiness to teach can ensure that teachers are better prepared before entering classrooms of their own.
Making adjustments to state teacher
licensure requirements to allow teaching candidates to demonstrate their competency through rigorous but more authentic performance assessments, such as the edTPA, that do not have the degree of racial disparity in pass rates that traditional
exams have had.
When I passed my Marriage and Family Therapist
licensure exam the only thing changed was that the checks were
made out to me and not my supervisor (well....