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Table 159 | States requiring testing for initial certification of teachers, by authorization, year enacted, year effective, and test used: 1990 and 1998 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Assessment for certification 1990 | Assessment for certification 1998 |___________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________ | Basic | Knowledge | Subject | Assessment | Basic | Subject | General | Knowledge |Assessment State | skills |of teaching | matter |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\) | X | | X | X Alaska ...............| | | | | | | | | Arizona ..............| X | X | | | X | | | | Arkansas .............| | X | X | | X | X | | X | California ...........| X | | X | | X | X | | | X | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| X | | | X | X | X | X | X | Connecticut ..........| X | | X | X | X | X | | | Delaware .............| X | | | | X | | | | District of Columbia .| 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 | 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 | | | X | Kentucky .............| | | | X | X | X | X | X | X Louisiana ............| X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X Maine ................| X | X | X | X | | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | Massachusetts ........| (\2\) | | | | (\1\) | | | | Michigan..............| | | | | X | X | (\3\) | | Minnesota ............| X | | | | X | | | | Mississippi ..........| | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............| | | X | | (\1\) | X | | | Montana...............| X | X | | | X | | | | Nebraska .............| X | | | | X | | | | Nevada................| X | X | X | | X | X | | X | New Hampshire ........| X | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| | | X | | | X | (\4\) | | New Mexico ...........| X | X | | X | X | | | X | New York .............| X | X | | | | | | | North Carolina .......| | | | X | (\1\) | X | | | North Dakota .........| | | | | (\1\) | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | Ohio\5\ ..............| | X | X | | X | X | X | X | Oklahoma .............| | | | X | X | X | | | X Oregon................| X | X | X | X | X | (\6\) | X | X | (\7\) Pennsylvania..........| X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | Rhode Island..........| X | X | | X | X | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| | X | | X | X | x | | X | South Dakota .........| | | | | X | x | | | X Tennessee ............| | | | X | X | x | X | X | X Texas ................| | X | X | | X | x | | X | Utah .................| | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| | | | | | | | | Virginia .............| X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Washington ...........| | | | X | (\1\) | | | | West Virginia\8\ .....| X | | X | X | X | X | | | X Wisconsin | X | | | | X | | | | Wyoming ..............| | | | | | | | | ______________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_________|__________|__________|___________|___________ |
\1\For admission to program.
\2\Test required for foreign language, bilingual, and English as a Second Language. \3\Elementary certificate exam (subject-area exam). \4\For elementary education. \5\Test requirements set by local school districts. \6\Specialty area exams. \7\For Oregon graduates. \8\Required for individuals entering West Virginia-approved education programs as of fall 1985. 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, 1996-1997 and 1998-1999: Manual on Certification & Preparation of Educational Personnel in the United States & Canada." (This table was prepared November 1998.) |