Table 155. | States requiring testing for initial certification of teachers, by skills or knowledge assessment and state: 1990 and 2002 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Assessment for certification, 1990 | Assessment for certification, 2002 |___________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________ State | Basic | Subject | Knowledge | Assessment | Basic | Subject | General | Knowledge |Assessment or jurisdiction | skills | matter |of teaching |of teaching | skills | matter |knowledge |of teaching|of teaching | exam | exam | exam |performance | exam | exam | exam | exam |performance ______________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_________|__________|__________|___________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ______________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_________|__________|__________|___________|___________ Alabama ..............| | | | | \1\) | (\2\) | | (\2\) | X Alaska ...............| | | | | X | | | | Arizona ..............| X | | X | | | X | | X | X Arkansas .............| | X | X | | X | X | | X | X California ...........| X | X | | | X | (\3\) | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| X | | | X | | X | | X | Connecticut ..........| X | X | | X | X | X | | | Delaware .............| X | | | | X | | | | 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.................| | X | X | | | | | | Illinois .............| | X | X | | X | X | | | Indiana...............| X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| X | X | X | X | | | | | Kansas ...............| X | | X | | | | | X | Kentucky .............| | | | X | (\1\) | | | | X Louisiana ............| X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X Maine ................| X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| X | X | X | | X | X | | X | X Massachusetts ........| | (\4\) | | | | (\4\) | | | Michigan..............| | | | | X | X | (\5\) | | Minnesota ............| X | | | | X | | X | X | Mississippi ..........| | X | X | X | | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............| | X | | | (\1\) | X | | (\6\) | Montana...............| X | | X | | X | | | | Nebraska .............| X | | | | X | | | | Nevada................| X | X | X | | X | X | | X | New Hampshire ........| X | | | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| | X | | | | X | (\7\) | | X New Mexico ...........| X | | X | X | X | | X | X | New York .............| X | | X | | | | X | X | North Carolina .......| | | | X | (\1\) | X | | | North Dakota .........| | | | | (\1\) | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | Ohio\8\ ..............| | X | X | | | X | | X | X Oklahoma .............| | | | X | X | X | X | (\9\) | X Oregon................| X | X | X | X | X | X | | | (\10\) Pennsylvania..........| X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | Rhode Island\11\ .....| X | | X | X | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| | | X | X | X | X | | X | X South Dakota\12\ .....| | | | | X | X | | | X Tennessee ............| | | | X | (\13\) | X | | X | X Texas\14\ ............| | X | X | | | X | | X | Utah .................| | | | | | | | (\15\) | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| | | | | X | | | | Virginia .............| X | X | X | X | X | X | | | Washington ...........| | | | X | (\1\) | | | | West Virginia\11\ ....| X | X | | X | X | X | | X | X Wisconsin | X | | | | X | | | | Wyoming ..............| | | | | | | | | ______________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_________|__________|__________|___________|___________ |
\1\For admission to teacher education program. SOURCE: Council of Chief State School Officers, "State Education Indicators, 1990;" and National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, "The NASDTEC Manual 2002: Manual on Certification & Preparation of Educational Personnel in the United States & Canada." (This table was prepared August 2002.)
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