This document sets forth certification requirements for prospective teachers in South Carolina. Areas covered include: (1) persons required to hold a teaching credential; (2) requirements for certification; (3) acceptable credit; (4) required examinations; (5) student teaching; (6) accredited teacher education programs; (7) application procedures;…

Single administration (beta-binomial) estimates for the raw agreement index p and the corrected-for-chance kappa index in mastery testing are compared with those based on two test administrations in terms of estimation bias and sampling variability. Bias is about 2.5 percent for p and 10 percent for kappa. (Author/RL)