Table 153. | States requiring testing for initial certification of teachers, by authorization, year enacted, year effective, and test used: 1987 and 1990 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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. 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.) |