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Download full textPhelps, Geoffrey; Steinberg, Jonathan; Leusner, Dawn; Minsky, Jennifer; Castellano, Karen; McCulla, Laura – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
The primary purpose of this report is to provide preliminary evidence on the measurement properties for newly designed assessments of content knowledge for teaching (CKT) in elementary reading language arts (RLA) and mathematics. The goal is to offer the CKT tests through the "PRAXIS"® assessment. Additional analyses were conducted to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Language Arts, Mathematics
Direct linkShuls, James V. – Educational Policy, 2018
State policy makers are constantly looking for ways to improve teacher quality. An oft tried method is to increase the rigor of licensure exams. This study utilizes state administrative data from Arkansas to determine whether raising the cut-scores on licensure exams would improve the quality of the teacher workforce. In addition, the study…
Descriptors: State Policy, Teacher Certification, Cutting Scores, Teacher Competencies
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
Nettles, Michael T.; Scatton, Linda H.; Steinberg, Jonathan H.; Tyler, Linda L. – Educational Testing Service, 2011
This report focuses on two aspects of teacher supply and quality: (a) the under-representation of racial/ethnic minorities, especially African Americans in the teaching pool, and (b) teacher candidates' performance on licensure assessments, including general skills tests in reading, writing, and mathematics (known as Praxis I[R]) and selected…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Educational Testing, Teacher Supply and Demand, Standard Setting
