Testing Teacher Candidates: The Role of Licensure Tests in Improving Teacher Quality

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Testing Teacher Candidates: The Role of Licensure Tests in Improving Teacher Quality

Contents

		EXECUTIVE SUMMARY		1
1		INTRODUCTION		11
2		DEFINING TEACHER QUALITY		19
3		TESTING AND LICENSING BEGINNING TEACHERS		34
4		DEVELOPING AN EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHER LICENSURE TESTS		70
5		EVALUATING CURRENT TESTS		83
6		USING LICENSURE TESTS TO IMPROVE TEACHER QUALITY AND SUPPLY		115
7		USING LICENSURE TESTS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY		136
8		IMPROVING TEACHER LICENSURE TESTING		147
9		CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS		163
		REFERENCES		173

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Front Matter (R1-R12)

Executive Summary (1-10)

1. Introduction (11-18)

2. Defining Teacher Quality (19-33)

3. Testing and Licensing Beginning Teachers (34-69)

4. Developing an Evaluation Framework for Teacher Licensure Tests (70-82)

5. Evaluating Current Tests (83-114)

6. Using Licensure Tests to Improve Teacher Quality and Supply (115-135)

7. Using Licensure Tests for Accountability (136-146)

8. Improving Teacher Licensure Testing (147-162)

9. Conclusions and Recommendations (163-172)

References (173-184)

Appendix A: Public Law 105-244 105th Congress (185-203)

Appendix B: Teaching Standards of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment (204-219)

Appendix C: Educational Testing Service (ETS) and National Evaluation Systems (NES) Teacher Licensure Tests (220-262)

Appendix D: Teacher Requirement in Six States (263-286)

Appendix E: An Economic Model of Supply and Demand for Teachers (287-297)

Appendix F: Alternative Assessment Case Studies (298-330)

Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (331-334)

Index (335-348)

Background Papers Provided to the Committee (349-350)

Test 1: Pre-Professional Skills Test - Reading Test (351-370)

Test 2: Principles of Learning and Teaching Test: K-6 (371-392)

Test 3: Middle School: English/Language Arts Test (393-414)

Test 4: High School Mathematics Proofs, Models, and Problems, Part 1 Test (415-436)

Test 5: Biology: Content Knowledge, Part 1 and 2 Tests (437-460)