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Table 151. States requiring testing for initial certification of teachers, by skills or knowledge assessment and state: 2004 and 2005
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                      |         Assessment for certification, 2004           |           Assessment for certification, 2005
                      |______________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________
                      |   Basic|  Subject|   General|  Knowledge|  Assessment|  Basic|  Subject|    General|             |    Assessment
                      |  skills|   matter| knowledge|of teaching| of teaching| skills|   matter|  knowledge| Knowledge of|   of teaching
State                 |    exam|     exam|      exam|       exam| performance|   exam|     exam|       exam|exam teaching|   performance
______________________|________|_________|__________|___________|____________|_______|_________|___________|_____________|______________
1                     |       2|        3|         4|          5|           6|      7|        8|          9|           10|            11
______________________|________|_________|__________|___________|____________|_______|_________|___________|_____________|______________
Alabama ..............|      X |     \1\ |          |       \1\ |          X |     X |       X |           |           X |            X
Alaska ...............|      X |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Arizona ..............|        |       X |          |         X |          X |       |       X |           |           X |
Arkansas .............|      X |       X |          |         X |          X |     X |       X |           |           X |            X
California ...........|      X |     \2\ |          |           |          X |     X |         |           |             |            X
                      |        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Colorado .............|        |       X |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Connecticut ..........|      X |       X |          |           |            |     X |       X |           |           X |            X
Delaware .............|      X |         |          |           |            |     X |       X |       \3\ |             |
District of Columbia .|      X |       X |          |           |          X |     X |       X |           |             |
Florida ..............|      X |       X |        X |         X |          X |     X |       X |           |           X |
                      |        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Georgia ..............|      X |       X |          |           |            |     X |       X |           |             |
Hawaii ...............|      X |       X |          |         X |            |     X |       X |           |           X |
Idaho ................|        |     \3\ |      \4\ |       \4\ |            |       |       X |           |           X |            X
Illinois .............|    \5\ |     \6\ |          |         X |            |     X |       X |           |           X |
Indiana ..............|      X |       X |          |           |            |     X |       X |           |             |            X
                      |        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Iowa .................|      X |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Kansas ...............|        |       X |          |         X |            |       |       X |           |           X |
Kentucky .............|    \5\ |       X |          |         X |          X |       |       X |           |           X |            X
Louisiana ............|      X |       X |        X |         X |          X |     X |       X |           |           X |            X
Maine ................|      X |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
                      |        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Maryland .............|      X |       X |          |         X |          X |     X |       X |           |           X |            X
Massachusetts ........|        |     \7\ |          |           |            |     X |       X |           |             |            X
Michigan .............|      X |       X |      \8\ |           |            |     X |       X |           |             |            X
Minnesota ............|      X |         |        X |         X |            |     X |       X |           |           X |
Mississippi ..........|        |       X |          |         X |            |       |         |           |             |
                      |        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Missouri .............|    \5\ |       X |          |       \9\ |            |     X |       X |           |             |            X
Montana ..............|        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Nebraska .............|      X |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Nevada ...............|      X |       X |          |         X |            |       |         |           |             |
New Hampshire ........|      X |       X |          |           |            |     X |       X |           |             |
                      |        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
New Jersey ...........|        |       X |     \10\ |           |          X |       |         |           |             |
New Mexico ...........|      X |       X |        X |         X |            |     X |       X |           |           X |            X
New York .............|        |         |        X |         X |            |       |       X |           |           X |
North Carolina .......|    \5\ |       X |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
North Dakota .........|    \5\ |         |        X |         X |            |       |         |           |             |
                      |        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Ohio .................|        |       X |          |         X |          X |       |         |           |             |
Oklahoma .............|      X |       X |        X |         X |          X |       |         |           |             |
Oregon ...............|      X |       X |          |           |       \11\ |       |         |           |             |
Pennsylvania .........|      X |       X |     \12\ |         X |            |     X |       X |           |           X |            X
Rhode Island\14\ .....|        |         |        X |           |            |       |         |           |           X |            X
                      |        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
South Carolina .......|      X |       X |          |         X |          X |       |       X |           |           X |
South Dakota\15\ .....|      X |       X |          |           |          X |       |         |           |             |
Tennessee\16\ ........|   \13\ |       X |          |         X |            |     X |       X |           |           X |            X
Texas\17\ ............|        |       X |          |         X |            |       |         |           |             |
Utah .................|        |         |          |      \14\ |            |       |       X |           |             |            X
                      |        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
Vermont ..............|      X |       X |          |           |            |     X |       X |           |             |
Virginia .............|      X |       X |          |           |            |     X |       X |           |           X |
Washington ...........|    \5\ |         |          |           |            |     X |       X |           |             |            X
West Virginia ........|      X |       X |          |         X |          X |     X |       X |           |           X |            X
Wisconsin ............|      X |         |          |           |            |     X |       X |           |             |
Wyoming ..............|        |         |          |           |            |       |         |           |             |
______________________|________|_________|__________|___________|____________|_______|_________|___________|_____________|______________
X State requires testing.
\1\Institution's exit exam.
\2\Subject matter exam or completion of an approved subject matter program.
\3\All secondary endorsements require a Praxis II content area test.
\4\Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education Blended Certificate requires two Praxis II tests - Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education; Elementary Certificate requires two Praxis II tests - content and pedagogy; and Exceptional Child Certificate requires two Praxis II tests - basic skills for special education and specific special education area.
\5\For admission to teacher education program.
\6\Prior to student teaching.
\7\Two-part exam covers communication and literacy skills and the subject matter knowledge for the certificate.
\8\Elementary certificate exam (subject-area exam).
\9\If no subject knowledge assessment is designated.
\10\For elementary education.
\11\For Oregon graduates.
\12\Includes mathematics.
\13\Basic skills exams in reading, math, and writing are covered in the Praxis Pre-professional Skills Test.
\14\Level I license requirement.
SOURCE: National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, The NASDTEC Manual on the Preparation & Certification of Educational Personnel in the United States & Canada, 2004 and 2005. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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