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Chase, Margaret E. – New Educator, 2006
This essay discusses the author's encounter with PRAXIS II test preparation questions that distort and misrepresent complex reading processes. Three sample test items are presented and discussed.
Descriptors: Test Items, Teacher Competency Testing, Reading Teachers, Test Coaching
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Stotsky, Sandra – Third Education Group Review, 2006
The 1998 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act requires states to report annually to the U.S. Department of Education the number of prospective teachers at each of their teacher training institutions who pass the state's tests for licensure. However, the law left decisions on what licensure tests to require, what to assess on them, and their…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Test Items, Reading Consultants, Teacher Competency Testing