Testing Teacher Candidates

Karen J. Mitchell, David Z. Robinson, Barbara S. Plake, and Kaeli T. Knowles, Editors, Committee on Assessment and Teacher Quality, Center for Education, Board on Testing and Assessment, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Defining Teacher Quality; 5 3. Testing and Licensing Beginning Teachers; 6 4. Developing an Evaluation Framework for Teacher Licensure Tests; 7 5. Evaluating Current Tests; 8 6. Using Licensure Tests to Improve Teacher Quality and Supply; 9 7. Using Licensure Tests for Accountability; 10 8. Improving Teacher Licensure Testing; 11 9. Conclusions and Recommendations; 12 References; 13 Appendix A: Public Law 105-244 105th Congress; 14 Appendix B: Teaching Standards of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment; 15 Appendix C: Educational Testing Service (ETS) and National Evaluation Systems (NES) Teacher Licensure Tests; 16 Appendix D: Teacher Requirement in Six States; 17 Appendix E: An Economic Model of Supply and Demand for Teachers; 18 Appendix F: Alternative Assessment Case Studies; 19 Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 20 Index; 21 Background Papers Provided to the Committee; 22 Test 1: Pre-Professional Skills Test - Reading Test; 23 Test 2: Principles of Learning and Teaching Test: K-6; 24 Test 3: Middle School: English/Language Arts Test; 25 Test 4: High School Mathematics Proofs, Models, and Problems, Part 1 Test; 26 Test 5: Biology: Content Knowledge, Part 1 and 2 Tests