High-Stakes, Minimum-Competency Exams: How Competent Are They for Evaluating Teacher Competence?

Autor/inn/en	Goodman, Gay; Arbona, Consuelo; Dominguez de Rameriz, Romilia
Titel	High-Stakes, Minimum-Competency Exams: How Competent Are They for Evaluating Teacher Competence?
Quelle	In: Journal of Teacher Education, 59 (2008) 1, S.24-39 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4871
DOI	10.1177/0022487107309972
Schlagwörter	Predictor Variables; Teacher Competencies; Preservice Teacher Education; Portfolio Assessment; Student Teacher Evaluation; Teacher Competency Testing; Minimum Competency Testing; Teacher Effectiveness; Questionnaires; Licensing Examinations (Professions); Comparative Testing; High Stakes Tests; State Surveys; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prädiktor; Lehrkunst; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Portfoliobeurteilung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Fragebogen
Abstract	Increasingly, teacher educators recommend authentic, performance-related measures for evaluating teacher candidates. Nevertheless, more states are requiring teachers to pass high-stakes, minimum-competency exams. This study examined the relation between teacher candidate scores on authentic measures and their scores on certification exams required by the state of Texas. Participants included 155 teacher candidates. Predictor variables that served as authentic measures of teaching effectiveness included scores on the Professional Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ), designed to measure teaching dispositions, and scores on Teaching Performance Portfolios, designed to measure teaching knowledge and skills. Scores on the Professional Roles and Responsibilities (PPR) and the Generalist Elementary Comprehensive (GEC) exams served as the measures for the high-stakes, minimum-competency tests. Findings indicate a significant relationship between the PAQ and both the PPR and the GEC exams. No significant relationship was found between the Teaching Performance Portfolios and either one of the state-mandated tests. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10