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In general, alternatively certified teachers have stronger SAT scores, come from more competitive colleges and are more likely to pass teacher certification exams on the first try.

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Its system of identifying low - performing teacher - preparation programs considers: the accreditation status of the teacher education unit; passing rates on teacher - certification exams; and results from the state's performance assessments of classroom teachers.

Many of us were hired from the Midwest and from eastern states, and given emergency certification in California conditioned on passing a course on California history and the National Teacher Exam in mathematics.

For information and costs on state exams, visit the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations.

Basically, its provisions are as follows: If a prospective teacher who has a baccalaureate or advanced degree in an academic major other than education passes the appropriate certification exams and background checks and is hired by a school district to teach in the subject area of preparation in grades 8 - 12, the candidate will be granted a probationary certificate for a maximum of two years, at the end of which time the school district decides, based on the teacher's performance, whether or not to recommend the issuance of full standard certification.

The state has created only five alternative certification routes other than the traditional method of certification at an undergraduate university or college: Alternative One requires a program of professional preparation in education along with a chairperson recommendation, Alternative Two is open for certified teachers from other states, Alternative Three requires a written exam and oral review, Alternative Four requires superintendent recruitment for teaching in high - need areas, and Alternative Five is an on - the - job training option that nevertheless requires a Bachelor's degree.

This effort resulted in about one third of the teachers passing the certification exam on their first try and more than half of the teachers feeling supported and well prepared even after four years.

«Highly qualified» teachers, according to the federal No Child Left Behind law, must hold a major or minor college degree in the field they teach, demonstrate competence on either the Praxis I or Praxis II exams, and have state certification, meaning they completed a college program in education.

For example, of the new teachers hired in New York City's lowest - achieving schools in 1996 - 1998, 28 percent scored in the lowest quartile on the general - knowledge certification exam.»

In order to get an initial certificate through a traditional teacher preparation program as an elementary school teacher for grades 1 - 6, a prospective teacher at any of the institutions on this list must complete an NYSED registered program that has been determined to contain the «studies required» to become a teacher, must be recommended to NYSED by that program, must pass the state certification exam, must pass the state content specialty exam for elementary teachers, must pass the externally evaluated performance assessment called edTPA, must take workshops on the Dignity for All Students Act, and pass a criminal background check based on their fingerprints.

During a state board of education meeting in Miami this week, Florida's Education Commissioner defended failure rates on Florida's teacher certification exam.

For months, we've tracked failures on the Florida Teacher Certification Exam (FTCE) and Florida Educational Leadership Exam (FELE).

Months after Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone uncovered historic failure rates on Florida's teacher certification exam, the state's Education Commissioner responds to concerns raised by frustrated and failing teachers.

The authors utilize a four - year span of the longitudinal data from Florida to determine the relationship between teacher NBPTS certification and student test scores on low - stakes and high - stakes exams.

More recently, IDA began work on a certification exam that will provide credentials to teachers who have the knowledge and experience to bring Structured Literacy to the classroom.