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

Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005

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Table 152.

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

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                      |            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.)

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