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Wynter-Hoyte, Kamania; Long, Susi; McAdoo, Terrance M.; Strickland, Jennifer D. – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Praxis Core, an ETS general knowledge examination, is required for teaching licensure in many states. However, it exists within a history of racist testing from time of the first IQ and SAT tests. Because of Praxis Core, Preservice Teachers of Color are regularly denied entry into the teaching profession, a reality incongruent…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Teachers, Minority Group Students, Racial Bias
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Emily R. Smith; Betsy A. Bowen; Faith A. Dohm – English Education, 2014
This article offers both a rationale and a proposal for the meaningful contribution of English faculty to the preparation of English teachers. We draw on data from teacher licensure tests and interviews with English and English Education faculty to underscore contradictions among the various voices in English education and to identify ways of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, College Faculty, College Students
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Brown, Kevin – CEA Forum, 2015
In this article, the author describes his project to take every standardized exam English majors students take. During the summer and fall semesters of 2012, the author signed up for and took the GRE General Test, the Praxis Content Area Exam (English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge), the Senior Major Field Tests in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College English, Test Preparation, Standardized Tests
Tyler, Linda – Educational Testing Service, 2011
Since 2006, the National Education Association (NEA) and Educational Testing Service (ETS) have been working collaboratively to support teacher candidates in preparing for "The Praxis Series"[TM] of teacher licensure assessments, currently used in 41 states and territories. Their focus has been particularly targeted to assisting minority…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty), Intervention
Murray, Susan R.; Hillkirk, Keith – 1998
This monograph describes Ohio University College of Education's Entry Year Pilot Project. The College of Education was awarded grant money to create and implement a mentoring program to help entry-year teachers through their first year and through the Praxis III assessment. The project involved beginning teachers, school-level mentors, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Norback, Judith Shaul; And Others – 1993
A job analysis was conducted of the knowledge important for newly licensed or certified physical education teachers. The results of the analysis were to be used to develop specifications for The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers and to support the content validity of the assessment. An initial draft domain of knowledge…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Content Validity
Wesley, Scott – 1993
A job analysis was conducted to define the content domain in which newly licensed (certified) special education teachers must be knowledgeable to perform their jobs in a competent manner. The results of the job analysis will be used to develop test specifications for the Subject Assessment in Special Education of the Praxis Series: Professional…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education
Wesley, Scott; Rosenfeld, Michael – 1993
A job analysis was conducted to define the knowledge domain in which newly licensed (certified) mathematics teachers must be knowledgeable to perform competently. The results of the job analysis were to be used to develop test specifications for the Subject Assessment in Mathematics of the Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Criteria
Wesley, Scott – 1996
A job analysis was conducted to define the content domain in which newly licensed (certified) biology teachers must be knowledgeable in order to perform their jobs competently. Results of the job analysis will be used to develop test specifications for the Subject Assessment in Biology of the Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, Biology, College Faculty
Wesley, Scott – 1993
A job analysis was conducted to define the knowledge domain in which newly licensed (certified) English teachers must be knowledgeable to perform competently. The results of the job analysis were to be used to develop test specifications for the Subject Assessment in English of the Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers. A…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Criteria
Cole, Donna J.; Ryan, Charles W.; Serve, Paul; Tomlin, James A. – 2001
This paper presents a model for shared decision making among Wright State University's (WSU's) teacher education faculty, PreK-12 educators, and science and mathematics faculty in preparing quality teachers. The model involves over 430 representatives from PreK-12 schools, businesses, human service agencies, WSU, and the military who provide input…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Educational Change
Cole, Donna J.; Ramey, Linda K.; Tomlin, James; Ryan, Charles W.; Swann, Raymond; Sutton, Sherry – 2000
This paper outlines how shared decision making among teacher education faculty, preK-12 educators, and the Science and Mathematics faculty at Wright State University successfully led to the preparation of quality educators. It offers a historical overview of the Wright State redesign efforts, then: examines the university's collaboration for…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education