States requiring testing for initial certification of teachers, by skills or knowledge assessment and state: 2003 and 2004

(41KB)

Table 152.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                      |            Assessment for certification, 2003   |         Assessment for certification, 2004
                      |_________________________________________________|________________________________________________
State                 |  Basic |Subject| General |Knowledge |Assessment |Basic |Subject| General | Knowledge |Assessment
                      | skills |matter |knowledge|of teachin|of teaching|skills|matter |knowledge|of teaching|of teaching
                      |   exam |  exam |    exam |     exam |performance| exam |  exam |    exam |      exam |performance
______________________|________|_______|_________|__________|___________|______|_______|_________|___________|___________
1                     |      2 |     3 |       4 |        5 |         6 |    7 |     8 |       9 |        10 |         11
______________________|________|_______|_________|__________|___________|______|_______|_________|___________|___________
Alabama ..............|      X | (\1\) |         |    (\1\) |         X |    X | (\1\) |         |     (\1\) |         X
Alaska ...............|      X |       |         |          |           |    X |       |         |           |
Arizona ..............|        |     X |         |        X |         X |      |     X |         |         X |         X
Arkansas .............|      X |     X |         |        X |         X |    X |     X |         |         X |         X
California ...........|      X | (\2\) |         |          |         X |    X | (\2\) |         |           |         X
                      |        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
Colorado .............|        |     X |         |          |           |      |     X |         |           |
Connecticut ..........|      X |     X |         |          |           |    X |     X |         |           |
Delaware .............|      X |       |         |          |           |    X |       |         |           |
District of Columbia .|      X |     X |         |          |         X |    X |     X |         |           |         X
Florida ..............|      X |     X |       X |        X |         X |    X |     X |       X |         X |         X
                      |        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
Georgia ..............|      X |     X |         |          |           |    X |     X |         |           |
Hawaii ...............|      X |     X |         |        X |           |    X |     X |         |         X |
Idaho ................|        |       |         |          |           |      | (\3\) |   (\4\) |     (\4\) |
Illinois .............|  (\5\) | (\6\) |         |        X |           |(\5\) | (\6\) |         |         X |
Indiana ..............|      X |     X |       X |        X |           |    X |     X |         |           |
                      |        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
Iowa .................|      X |       |         |          |           |    X |       |         |           |
Kansas ...............|        |       |         |        X |           |      |     X |         |         X |
Kentucky .............|  (\5\) |     X |         |        X |         X |(\5\) |     X |         |         X |         X
Louisiana ............|      X |     X |       X |        X |         X |    X |     X |       X |         X |         X
Maine ................|      X |       |         |          |           |    X |       |         |           |
                      |        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
Maryland .............|      X |     X |         |        X |         X |    X |     X |         |         X |         X
Massachusetts ........|        | (\7\) |         |          |           |      | (\7\) |         |           |
Michigan .............|      X |     X |   (\8\) |          |           |    X |     X |   (\8\) |           |
Minnesota ............|      X |       |       X |        X |           |    X |       |       X |         X |
Mississippi ..........|        |     X |         |        X |           |      |     X |         |         X |
                      |        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
Missouri .............|  (\5\) |     X |         |    (\9\) |           |(\5\) |     X |         |     (\9\) |
Montana ..............|        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
Nebraska .............|      X |       |         |          |           |    X |       |         |           |
Nevada ...............|      X |     X |         |        X |           |    X |     X |         |         X |
New Hampshire ........|      X |     X |         |          |           |    X |     X |         |           |
                      |        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
New Jersey ...........|        |     X |  (\10\) |          |         X |      |     X |  (\10\) |           |         X
New Mexico ...........|      X |     X |       X |        X |           |    X |     X |       X |         X |
New York .............|        |       |       X |        X |           |      |       |       X |         X |
North Carolina .......|  (\5\) |     X |         |          |           |(\5\) |     X |         |           |
North Dakota .........|  (\5\) |       |       X |        X |           |(\5\) |       |       X |         X |
                      |        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
Ohio .................|        |     X |         |        X |         X |      |     X |         |         X |         X
Oklahoma .............|      X |     X |       X |   (\11\) |         X |    X |     X |       X |         X |         X
Oregon ...............|      X |     X |         |          |    (\12\) |    X |     X |         |           |    (\12\)
Pennsylvania .........|      X |     X |  (\13\) |        X |           |    X |     X |  (\13\) |         X |
Rhode Island\14\ .....|        |       |       X |          |           |      |       |       X |           |
                      |        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
South Carolina .......|      X |     X |         |        X |         X |    X |     X |         |         X |         X
South Dakota\15\ .....|      X |     X |         |          |         X |    X |     X |         |           |         X
Tennessee\16\ ........|        |     X |         |        X |           | \16\ |     X |         |         X |
Texas\17\ ............|        |     X |         |        X |           |      |     X |         |         X |
Utah .................|        |       |         |   (\18\) |           |      |       |         |    (\18\) |
                      |        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
Vermont ..............|      X |     X |         |          |           |    X |     X |         |           |
Virginia .............|      X |     X |         |          |           |    X |     X |         |           |
Washington ...........|  (\5\) |       |         |          |           |(\5\) |       |         |           |
West Virginia ........|      X |     X |         |        X |         X |    X |     X |         |         X |         X
Wisconsin ............|      X |       |         |          |           |    X |       |         |           |
Wyoming ..............|        |       |         |          |           |      |       |         |           |
______________________|________|_______|_________|__________|___________|______|_______|_________|___________|___________

\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 two Praxis II tests - Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education; Elementary Certificate two Praxis II tests - content and pedagogy; and Exceptional Child Certificate 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\Required for standard certificate.
\12\For Oregon graduates.
\13\Includes mathematics.
\14\Principles of Learning Teaching Test (K-6) or (7-12).
\15\Required within the institutional program requirements.
\16\Basic skills exams in reading, math, and writing are covered in the Praxis Pre-professional Skills Test.
\17\Screening for admission to a teacher preparation program includes college level skills in reading, oral and written communication, critical thinking, and mathematics.
\18\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, 2003 and 2004. (This table was prepared April 2005.)

2004 Tables and Figures

All Years of Tables and Figures

Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest

Download Excel Excel format

(41KB)