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Download full textStewart, Joshua; Rhoads, Christopher; Serdiouk, Marina; Van Dine, Douglas; Cherasaro, Trudy; Klute, Mary – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2019
Historically, students took Algebra I in high school, but there has been a recent trend toward taking it in middle school (Domina, 2014). In the past two decades the proportion of middle school students taking Algebra I or more-advanced math courses has doubled (Domina, 2014). Success in Algebra I is important because it is a gateway course for…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Middle School Mathematics, Algebra
Direct linkMorton, Karen K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The highly qualified provision of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act promoted licensure exams on a national level. The present study is an effort to explore the most commonly used Praxis licensure exams and their passing scores. Hypothesized was that passing scores are set at such a minimal level that they are ineffectual in identifying highly…
Descriptors: Licensing Examinations (Professions), Cutting Scores, Teacher Qualifications, Comparative Analysis
Moses, Tim; Liu, Jinghua; Tan, Adele; Deng, Weiling; Dorans, Neil J. – ETS Research Report Series, 2013
In this study, differential item functioning (DIF) methods utilizing 14 different matching variables were applied to assess DIF in the constructed-response (CR) items from 6 forms of 3 mixed-format tests. Results suggested that the methods might produce distinct patterns of DIF results for different tests and testing programs, in that the DIF…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Item Analysis
Kiliçkaya, Ferit; Krajka, Jaroslaw – Online Submission, 2013
This paper presents a review of language teacher selection examination and recruitment in Turkey and Poland, together with the national assessments conducted to assess candidates entering the teaching profession such as Praxis I and II and the Teaching Knowledge Test. It further discusses KPSS (Selection Examination for Professional Posts in…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Selection, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Starr, Joshua P. – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2014
The federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (NCLB) legislation required school districts to ensure that all teachers of core academic subjects met the requirements to be designated highly qualified by July 1, 2006. However, because no Maryland counties were able to comply with the 100 percent highly qualified designation by July 1,…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, School Districts, Counties
Hones, Donald F.; Aguilar, Nancy; Thao, Stacie – Multicultural Education, 2009
This article provides portraits of two women on professional journeys to become bilingual teachers. Stacie Thao was born in Thailand. Nancy Aguilar was born in California, and spent some of her childhood in Mexico. Stacie's first language is Hmong, while Nancy's is Spanish. Each learned English in school, and each helped their immigrant parents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Bilingual Teachers, Immigrants
Gitomer, Drew H.; Qi, Yi – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2010
This study concerns the "highly qualified teacher" provisions of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act" ("ESEA," 2002), as reauthorized, and other policies at the federal, state and local levels, which have aimed to elevate the content knowledge of teachers. This examination of "Praxis II" score trends…
Descriptors: Test Use, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Tests
Brown, Jonathan R.; Brown, Lisbeth J.; Brown, Courtney L. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
Teacher preparation programs have continued to see the ever-increasing control of teacher candidates by policymakers. To control means to regulate. The problem, according to these authors, is that there are currently at least three regulating measurement and assessment obstacles faced by teacher candidates in teacher preparation programs. The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Schools of Education, Standardized Tests, Program Effectiveness
Nweke, Winifred C.; Hall, Thomas R. – 1999
The purpose of this study was three-fold. The first purpose was the investigation of the criterion-related validity of the Georgia Teacher Certification Test (TCT) and the Praxis II tests that are used in the teacher certification process in Georgia. The second purpose was to compare decisions based on the two tests. Finally, the effects of using…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Competence, Concurrent Validity, Cutting Scores
Hawkins, B. Denise – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1993
The National Teachers Examination, criticized for cultural bias, is being replaced in many states by the "Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers." The new assessment focuses on portfolios and classroom style and includes evaluation of basic skills (in the sophomore year), subject area knowledge (on completion of…
Descriptors: Black Education, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Entry Workers
Schalock, Del; Schalock, Mark; Myton, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Student learning must be touchstone by which teachers and teacher educators are gauged. Unfortunately articles in November 1996 "Kappan" on "Quality Teaching for the 21st Century" don't support this statement. In contrast to three national certification initiatives, Oregon's teacher licensure system (Oregon Work Sampling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Watras, Joseph – Educational Foundations, 2003
The author posits that testing teacher quality will not improve education unless people realize how current means of teacher testing could eliminate from teacher preparation the utopian elements that foundations courses present through material from authors such as Maxine Greene, Samuel Bowles, and Herbert Gintis. He presents a history of the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Teacher Competency Testing, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Testing
Wesley, Scott – 1996
A job analysis was conducted to define the content domain important for newly licensed (certified) music teachers to perform their jobs competently. The results of the job analysis will be used to develop test specifications for the subject assessment in music of the Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers. An initial draft…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Higher Education, Job Analysis
Thompson, Susan; Smith, Dennie L. – Professional Educator, 2005
This article describes a design for a teacher preparation program that is successfully preparing teacher candidates to teach in the complex, diverse classrooms in urban schools. The program provides intensive, authentic, field-based experiences and effective mentoring support for teacher candidates as they gain the knowledge, skills, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Urban Teaching, Likert Scales, Focus Groups
Ryan, Patricia M. – 1999
This paper reviews current literature about three tools used by teacher education programs and school districts to assess teacher candidate quality. It presents a matrix which aligns the underlying dimensions of teacher knowledge, dispositions, and skills for the STAR Teacher Interview, the Teacher Perceiver Interview, and the Praxis III Teacher…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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