States requiring testing for initial certification of teachers, by authorization, year enacted, year effective, and test used: 1990 and 1998

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Table 159

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                      |     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.)

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