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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
Download full textRosner, Frieda; Grandy, Jerilee – 1982
In July of 1981, the Policy Council of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE), in conjunction with the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, completed a series of national surveys to review proposed changes in the NTE Commons Examinations. The survey was designed to tap varying perspectives on the proposed test content and its…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence, Preservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedFutrell, Mary Hatwood; Robinson, Sharon P. – Journal of Negro Education, 1986
The National Education Association (NEA) asserts that precertification testing should be an important filter for guaranteeing that only competent candidates are certified to teach. However, NEA also stresses that all teacher education students must have equal opportunity and access to the resources required to produce quality teachers and is…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Peer reviewedEgan, Paul J.; Ferre, Victor – Journal of Educational Research, 1989
Undergraduate grade point average and American College Test subtest scores continue to correlate as well with the new National Teacher Examination (NTE) Core Battery as they did with the old NTE Common Examinations. Subjects were 94 teacher education graduates. Implications for teacher education programs are discussed. (IAH)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Correlation, Education Majors, Grade Point Average
Elmore, Randy F.; Ellett, Chad D. – 1978
Relationships were examined between scores on the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, Personal Beliefs Inventory, Teaching Practices Inventory, Rokeach Dogmatism Scale, National Teacher Examinations (NTE), and grade point average (GPA) for 55 teacher education students. Significant correlations were established between the cognitive outcomes…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Dogmatism, Education Majors, Educational Attitudes
Leiser, Burton M. – National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi Journal, 1981
The questionable quality of many teachers and related court action are described. It is suggested that teacher competence in subject matter, the English language, and in related areas should be demonstrated before hiring. (MLW)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Medley, Don – 1981
A design for a completely revised professional section of the National Teacher Examinations Common Examinations is proposed. These exams must be designed to assess the central competency that a teacher must acquire and maintain: skill in professional problem-solving. Professional problems are not all soluble, and the solutions to many of those…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Long Range Planning, Problem Solving
White, George T.; And Others – 1993
This paper offers a mechanism for producing a more marketable, competent professional coach/teacher, by addressing the content of the General Education Core. The paper discusses standards that must be met by graduates, including those of the National Teacher Examination (NTE), National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Athletic Coaches, Core Curriculum, General Education
Zetler, Alan G. – 1988
The content validity of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) Core Battery tests of communications skills, general knowledge, and professional knowledge was examined to determine whether this commercially available test was suitable for initial teacher certification in Idaho. Focus was on recommending adoption scores (cut scores) to the State…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Communication Skills, Content Validity, Cutting Scores
Pratt, Linda K.; And Others – 1987
The National Teachers Examination (NTE) core battery tests are designed to be an objective measure of academic achievement for students entering teacher education programs (Parts I and II) and for seniors completing such programs (Part III). Passing these tests at specified levels is a requirement in North Carolina. While the cut-off scores for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Certification, High Risk Students
Shields, James J., Jr.; Daniele, Richard – 1982
This essay provides a policy analysis and literature review of selected issues in teacher quality and selection. The first section discusses developments in: (1) teacher quality; (2) quality and selection of minority group teachers; (3) the validity of the National Teacher Examination (NTE); (4) state certification; (5) local eligibility…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Palladino, John – 1980
The New York State Board of Regents and the State Education Department have approved a plan to implement a written licensing examination as the first step in a process to professionalize teaching. However, important issues and questions are raised when considering this testing component, such as: (1) the questionable validity of tests already in…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBaker, Scott – History of Education Quarterly, 1995
Maintains that, in the wake of unfavorable court decisions, many school boards in the South attempted to legitimize wage discrimination against black teachers through use of the National Teacher Examination (NTE). Examines questions of racial bias within the testing procedure. Profiles the NTE's leading proponent, Ben Wood. (MJP)
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship
Willens, Howard P.; And Others – 1976
This amicus curiae was filed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the case of the United States of America and South Carolina Education Association v. South Carolina, which involved the validity of South Carolina's use of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE). The NTE, a battery of achievement tests designed to measure the academic…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Cutting Scores, Higher Education
Lehmann, Irvin J.; Phillips, Susan E. – 1986
Teacher competency testing is not new, but since the mid-1970s the number of states requiring new teachers to be tested has grown rapidly. States differ in their definition of competence, in the methods they use to assess competence, and in the treatment of teachers who do not meet competency requirements. This monograph describes a national…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Minimum Competency Testing
