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Peer reviewedCross, Lawrence H. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
Before using the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) for teacher certification, states are required to conduct a state-wide validity study. This paper describes approaches used in 35 studies for 18 states to establish (NTE) content validity through curriculum and job relatedness and to establish minimum performance standards. (BS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Standard Setting (Scoring), Standardized Tests
Peer reviewedRudner, Lawrence M.; Eissenberg, Thomas E. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1990
Standard-setting practices in states using the National Teachers Examination (NTE) were examined. Passing score-setting procedures, recommended study scores, passing scores established by the states, and the implications of the passing scores were studied. States have typically adopted standards lower than cut scores recommended by advisory…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textSouthern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1982
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Task Force on Higher Education and the Schools calls for states "to consider the feasibility of developing a regional assessment of teacher selection techniques" (SREB, 1981). This recommendation reflects concerns about the need for: (1) more states to develop new teacher certification tests,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Beginning Teachers, Comparative Analysis
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
Hathaway, Walter E. – 1980
The public's reasons for encouraging the competency testing of teachers are discussed, as well as arguments against teacher testing. Testing activities or considered legislation in Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Virginia, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arizona, Wisconsin, and New York are briefly…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Bowman, Harry L. – 1989
Comparative data and results of validation and standard-setting studies are presented for five subject-matter tests for teacher certification in two states. The five tests evaluated were available from the Educational Testing Service (ETS): one National Teacher Examination specialty area test (special education); and four tests from a consortium…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Bowman, Harry L.; Petry, John R. – 1988
In 1988 a study was conducted to determine the validity of candidate teacher licensure examinations for use in Tennessee under the 1984 Comprehensive Education Reform Act. The Department of Education conducted a study to determine the validity of 11 previously unvalidated or extensively revised tests for certification and to make recommendations…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Ray, John R.; Bowman, Harry L. – 1988
The licensure of public school personnel in Tennessee is a function of the State Department of Education (SDE). Additional requirements for this certification function were added by the Comprehensive Education Reform Act (Senate Bill Number 1) of the 1984 Tennessee General Assembly. The Act mandated that the SDE use tests to assess the competence…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Item Banks
