Praxis II Report ---- MACCE nb - PowerPoint

							Praxis II
Report
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 MACCE
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 9/28/09
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Gale “Hap”
 Hairston
  Looking Back at 2007-2008
• Working with Educational Testing Services (ETS)
• Missouri Test Titles & Numbers
• Handout #1 – Presented in Alphabetical Order
  – MSBE Approved Qualifying Score
  – N = Total Number Taking Each Test
  – Number Passing Each Test
  – Pass Rate in a Percentage
• Handout #2 – Presented in Order of Concern
  – Same Information Presented in Handout #1
  – Relationship of Teacher Shortage Areas in Italics
Update on Changes for 2009-2010
• Summer of 2009
  – Test Reviews & Score Setting
     • School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA)
     • Library Media Services Assessment
     • Speech Communication Assessment
• Fall of 2009
  – Multi-States Standard Setting Events; Test Reviews;
    and Score Setting
     • World Language Tests – French, German, Spanish
     • Business Education
     • Speech Communication
• Spring of 2010
  – Presentation to MSBE in March, April, or May
  – Communicate Changes to Students & Programs
        Summer of 2009
• School Leaders           • Library Media Services
  Licensure Assessment     • Meeting on June 11
• Meeting on June 10       • Reviewed the Test
• Reviewed the Test        • Discuss the “Just
• Discussed the “Just        Qualified Candidate”
  Qualified Candidate”     • Other Concerns Voiced
• Score Recommendation       by Participants (Nov. 3)
  – Panel 1 @ 162          • Score Recommendation
  – Panel 2 @ 164              – ETS Equivalent @ 153
  – Recommendation @ 160       – Recommendation @ 160
• MSBE Approval @ 163      • MSBE Approval @ 160
     Summer 2009
• Speech Communication
• Missouri’s Certification in
  Speech/Theatre
• Change in the Questions Related
  to Speech/Theatre
• Decision – To Wait for Further
  Study – Fall 2009
• Old Test Administered on 3 Dates
• Meeting on December
• Review New Test
• Recommend a New Test &
  Missouri Qualifying Score
• Present to MACCE & MSBE
• New Test – Starts in Fall of 2010
       Fall 2009
• Handouts -- #3 and #4
• Meetings in Jefferson City
   – World Languages – Dec. 3
   – Business Education – Dec. 4 (AM)
   – Speech/Theatre – Dec. 4 (PM)
• Agenda for Each Meeting
   – Review the New Test
   – Standard Setting Results
   – Determine Recommendation to
     Present to MACCE on Dec. 7
   – Presentation to MSBE – Spring
 Spring 2010
• Present Recommendations
  for the new tests and
  Missouri Qualifying Scores
  to the MSBE in March,
  April, or May
• Communicate Changes to
  Students and Educator
  Preparation Programs
 On The Drawing Board
• Comprehensive Report on Praxis II
  – Commissioner Nicastro
  – Presentations
     • Educator Preparation Institutions
     • Missouri State Board of Education
• Focus on Student & Program Improvement
  – Workshops
     • School Leaders Licensure Assessment
     • The Praxis II “Achievement Gap”
• Computer Based Testing – Starting in 2010?
• Agriculture           Opportunities for
• Mathematics         Involvement In ETS
• Middle School
  Mathematics
                       National Advisory
• ParaPro                 Committees
• Physical Science
• School Guidance &
  Counseling
• School Superintendent
• Special Education
    (Categorical)
• Theater
Opportunities for
 Involvement In
ETS/Praxis NACs
• Focus on Practicing Teachers -- < 10 Years
• ETS Selects the Participants
• Adequate Representation of Practitioners
   • Gender
   • Race and Ethnicity
   • Geography
   • Grade Level
• https://onyx.ets.org/664PraxisNAC.htm
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