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Trades and Industry Teachers vs. National Teacher Examination and Predictor Tests.
Stough, Ken – 1990
The National Teacher Examination (NTE) was given to a sample of 64 new trades and industrial (T&I) teachers attending 6-week workshops in Maryland during three summers. Each summer 18 to 25 teachers took the three tests in the Core Battery of the NTE, as well as a selection of other tests. The project sought to determine the pass-fail ratio of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Higher Education, Predictive Validity, Scores
The Predictive Validity of the NTE for Performance in Teacher Education Programs and on the Certification Examination.
Williams, Valerie S. L.; Wakeford, Mary E. – 1990
The predictive validity of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) tests of communications skills (CS) and general knowledge (GK) as entrance requirements for teacher education programs and for later performance on the state certification examination were studied. Data were collected for 1,143 graduates of teacher education programs in North…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Graduates, Educational Policy, Grade Point Average
Predicting Employment in Education: The Relative Efficiency of National Teacher Examinations Scores and Student Teacher Ratings.
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Browne, Beverly A.; Rankin, Richard J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The ability of three measures to predict teaching employment was examined: National Teacher Examinations; Education in the Elementary School Specialty Area Test; and supervisors' ratings of student teachers, Student Teacher Rating Form (STRF). The test scores were moderately correlated, but the STRF was a more valid predictor of employment.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
The Use of NTE Communication Skills and General Knowledge Scores for Admission to Teacher Education Programs: Policy Recommendations.
Wakeford, Mary E.; Williams, Valerie S. L. – 1990
Policymakers adopt basic skills tests as admission requirements for programs of teacher education to increase the accuracy of admissions and, ultimately, to increase the competence of the teaching force. The tests are regarded as an independent measure of student academic competence. A multiple regression study of the incremental predictive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education