|
Written Tests |
Written Tests |
Performance Tests |
|||||||||||||
|
State |
Data not obtained |
No assessments required |
Number of written tests offered |
Basic Skills |
Professional Knowledge of Teaching |
Subject |
Other |
Portfolios Observation |
Classroom |
||||||
|
Elementary |
Middle Grades |
Secondary |
Special Ed. |
Early Ch. Ed. |
Reading |
||||||||||
|
Alabama |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
Alaska |
6 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Arizona |
32 |
Yes |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Arkansas |
51 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
California |
51 |
Yes |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Colorado |
41 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Connecticut |
42 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
||||
|
Delaware |
11 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
District of Columbia |
30 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Florida |
66 |
Yes |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Georgia |
51 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Hawaii |
42 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Idaho |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
Illinois |
45 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Indiana |
35 |
Yes |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Iowa |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
Kansas |
4 |
Yes |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Kentucky |
50 |
Yes |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Louisiana |
26 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Maine |
8 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Maryland |
42 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Massachusetts |
44 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Michigan |
75 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Minnesota |
6 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Written Tests |
Written Tests |
Performance Tests |
|||||||||||||
|
State |
Data not obtained |
No assessments required |
Number of written tests offered |
Basic Skills |
Professional Knowledge of Teaching |
Subject |
Other |
Portfolios Observation |
Classroom |
||||||
|
Elementary |
Middle Grades |
Secondary |
Special Ed. |
Early Ch. Ed. |
Reading |
||||||||||
|
Mississippi |
36 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Missouri |
32 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Montana |
6 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Nebraska |
7 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Nevada |
47 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
New Hampshire |
6 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
New Jersey |
21 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
New Mexico |
6 |
Yes |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
New York |
28 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
North Carolina |
57 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
North Dakota |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
Ohio |
39 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||||
|
Oklahoma |
42 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Oregon |
64 |
Yes |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Pennsylvania |
45 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Rhode Island |
3 |
Yes |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
Yes–same test |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
South Carolina |
29 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
South Dakota |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
Tennessee |
65 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Texas |
60 |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Utah |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
Vermont |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
Virginia |
32 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Washington |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
Written Tests |
Written Tests |
Performance Tests |
|||||||||||||
|
State |
Data not obtained |
No assessments required |
Number of written tests offered |
Basic Skills |
Professional Knowledge of Teaching |
Subject |
Other |
Portfolios Observation |
Classroom |
||||||
|
Elementary |
Middle Grades |
Secondary |
Special Ed. |
Early Ch. Ed. |
Reading |
||||||||||
|
West Virginia |
49 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
||||
|
Wisconsin |
6 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Wyoming |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
American Samoa |
X |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
|||
|
Department of Defense Education Activity |
7 |
Yes |
Yes-same text |
Yes-same test |
Yes-same test |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Federated States of Micronesia |
X |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
|||
|
Guam |
1 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Northern Mariana Islands |
X |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|||
|
Puerto Rico |
2 |
Yes |
Yes-same test |
Yes-same test |
Yes-same test |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||||
|
Virgin Islands |
X |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
not obtained |
|||
|
* The number of tests offered as reported by the state. All offered tests are not taken every year. NA = Not Applicable SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education (1999:Table B). |
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