States requiring testing for initial certification of teachers, by authorization, year enacted, year effective, and test used: 1987 and 1990

Table 153.

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                       |                           1987                         |     Assessment for certification 1990
                       |________________________________________________________|___________________________________________
                       |            |         |          |                      | Basic  |Professional| Content | In-class
         State         |Authority\1\| Enacted |Effective |     Test used\2\     | skills |   skills   |knowledge|observation
_______________________|____________|_________|__________|______________________|________|____________|_________|___________
           1           |     2      |    3    |    4     |          5           |   6    |     7      |    8    |     9
_______________________|____________|_________|__________|______________________|________|____________|_________|___________
Alabama ...............|  St. Bd.   |  1980   |   1981   |        State         |        |            |         |
Alaska ................|    ---     |   ---   |   ---    |         ---          |        |            |         |
Arizona ...............|    Leg.    |  1980   |   1980   |        State         |   X    |     X      |         |
Arkansas ..............|    Leg.    |  1979   |   1983   |         NTE          |        |     X      |    X    |
California ............|    Leg.    |  1981   |   1982   |        State         |   X    |            |    X    |
                       |            |         |          |                      |        |            |         |
Colorado ..............|    Leg.    |  1981   |   1983   |California Achievement|   X    |            |         |     X
Connecticut ...........|  St. Bd.   |  1982   |   1985   |        State         |   X    |            |    X    |     X
Delaware ..............|  St. Bd.   |  1982   |   1983   |       P-P.S.T        |   X    |            |         |
District of Columbia ..|    ---     |   ---   |   ---    |         ---          |   X    |            |    X    |
Florida ...............|    Leg.    |  1978   |   1980   |        State         |        |     X      |    X    |     X
                       |            |         |          |                      |        |            |         |
Georgia ...............|  St. Bd.   |  1975   |   1980   |        State         |        |            |    X    |     X
Hawaii.................|  St. Bd.   |  1986   |   1986   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |    X    |
Idaho..................|    Leg.    |  1987   |   1988   |         NTE          |        |     X      |    X    |
Illinois ..............|    Leg.    |  1985   |   1988   |        State         |        |     X      |    X    |
Indiana................|    Leg.    |  1984   |   1985   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |    X    |
                       |            |         |          |                      |        |            |         |
Iowa ..................|    ---     |   ---   |   ---    |         ---          |   X    |     X      |    X    |     X
Kansas ................|    Leg.    |  1984   |   1986   |   To be determined   |   X    |     X      |         |
Kentucky ..............|    Leg.    |  1984   |   1985   |         NTE          |        |            |         |     X
Louisiana .............|    Leg.    |  1977   |   1978   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |    X    |
Maine .................|    Leg.    |  1984   |   1988   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |    X    |     X
                       |            |         |          |                      |        |            |         |
Maryland ..............|  St. Bd.   |  1986   |   1986   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |    X    |
Massachusetts .........|    Leg.    |  1985   |  (\3\)   |   To be determined   |  \4\   |            |         |
Michigan...............|    Leg.    |  1986   |   1991   | To be determined\5\  |        |            |         |
Minnesota .............|    ---     |   ---   |   ---    |         ---          |   X    |            |         |
Mississippi ...........|    Leg.    |  1975   |   1977   |         NTE          |        |     X      |    X    |     X
                       |            |         |          |                      |        |            |         |
Missouri...............|    Leg.    |  1985   |   1988   |   To be determined   |        |            |    X    |
Montana................|   B.P.E.   |  1985   |   1986   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |         |
Nebraska ..............|    Leg.    |  1984   |   1989   | To be determined\5\  |   X    |            |         |
Nevada.................|  St. Bd.   |  1984   |  (\3\)   |   To be determined   |   X    |     X      |    X    |
New Hampshire .........|  St. Bd.   |  1984   |   1985   |         NTE          |   X    |            |         |
                       |            |         |          |                      |        |            |         |
New Jersey ............|  St. Bd.   |  1984   |   1985   |         NTE          |        |            |    X    |
New Mexico ............|  St. Bd.   |  1981   |   1983   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |         |     X
New York ..............|  St. Bd.   |  1980   |   1984   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |         |
North Carolina ........|  St. Bd.   |  1964   |   1964   |         NTE          |        |            |         |     X
North Dakota ..........|    ---     |   ---   |   ---    |         ---          |        |            |         |
                       |            |         |          |                      |        |            |         |
Ohio\6\ ...............|  St. Bd.   |  1986   |   1987   |         NTE          |        |     X      |    X    |
Oklahoma ..............|    Leg.    |  1980   |   1982   |        State         |        |            |         |     X
Oregon.................| O.T.S.P.C. |  1984   |   1985   |      C.B.E.S.T.      |   X    |     X      |    X    |     X
Pennsylvania...........|  St. Bd.   |  1985   |   1987   |        State         |   X    |     X      |    X    |
Rhode Island...........|  St. Bd.   |  1985   |   1986   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |         |     X
                       |            |         |          |                      |        |            |         |
South Carolina ........|    Leg.    |  1979   |   1982   |    NTE and State     |        |     X      |         |     X
South Dakota ..........|  St. Bd.   |  1985   |   1986   |         NTE          |        |            |         |
Tennessee .............|  St. Bd.   |  1980   |   1981   |         NTE          |        |            |         |     X
Texas .................|    Leg.    |  1981   |   1986   |        State         |        |     X      |    X    |
Utah ..................|    ---     |   ---   |   ---    |         ---          |        |            |    X    |
                       |            |         |          |                      |        |            |         |
Vermont ...............|    ---     |   ---   |   ---    |         ---          |        |            |         |
Virginia ..............|    Leg.    |  1979   |   1980   |         NTE          |   X    |     X      |    X    |     X
Washington ............|  St. Bd.   |  1984   |  (\3\)   | To be determined\7\  |        |            |         |     X
West Virginia\8\ ......|  St. Bd.   |  1982   |   1985   |        State         |   X    |            |    X    |     X
Wisconsin..............|   S.P.I.   |  1986   |   1990   |   To be determined   |   X    |            |         |
Wyoming ...............|    ---     |   ---   |   ---    |         ---          |        |            |         |
_______________________|____________|_________|__________|______________________|________|____________|_________|___________

\1\St. Bd. = State Board of Education; Leg. = Legislature; B.P.E. = Board of Public Education; O.T.S.P.C. = Oregon Teacher Standards and Practice Commission; S.P.I. = Superintendent of Public Instruction.
\2\NTE = National Teacher Examination; State = State developed test; C.B.E.S.T. = California Basic Education Skills Test; P-P.S.T. = Preprofessional Skills Test.
\3\Effective year is yet to be determined.
\4\Test required for foreign language, bilingual, and English as a Second Language.
\5\For basic skills and subject-matter competencies.
\6\Test requirements set by local school districts.
\7\State and undetermined tests will be used.
\8\Required for individuals entering West Virginia-approved education programs as of fall 1985.
---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: Education Commission of the States, Clearinghouse Notes, "States Requiring Testing for Initial Certification of Teachers, April 1987;" "State Education Leader, Winter 1989;" and "State Education Indicators, 1990." (This table was prepared March 1992.)

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