Praxis Program™ Update

OCTEO ConferenceApril 16, 2010

Dublin, OH

Ines Bosworth, Client Relations DirectorDena Hoffman, Marketing Director

TODAY’S OBJECTIVES

• Brief “Praxis 101” review• Focus on what’s new

– Revised tests– Multi-state model for standard setting– Service enhancements– Additional test prep– Improved website– Tools for IHEs

• Answer questions

OHIO AND ETS

• Valued client since late 1980s– Praxis I – basic academic skills for entry to

programs– Praxis II – content tests, including Principles of

Learning and Teaching (PLT)– Praxis III – until last year– ParaPro

MORE THAN PRAXIS

• SAT, Advanced Placement, NAEP, GRE, TOEFL

• Support State Teachers of the Year via CCSSO

• Work with HBCU’s• NCCTQ – Teacher Quality Center• Teacher Leader work• Educator Performance Assessments

LICENSURE BASICS

• State regulated process• Required, not voluntary• Focus is on core knowledge required to begin

practice• Tests are one of multiple requirements• Tests are high stakes; must be legally

defensible• Tests do not predict performance

• A National Advisory Committee (NAC) comprised of practitioners is convened for each test

• ETS solicits states to provide nominations• National standards and state needs are considered• Job Analysis Survey is conducted – reality check• The NAC develops test specifications focused on

core knowledge essential for beginning practitioners• Practitioners write items matched to specifications• Test forms are assembled and reviewed by NAC and

other experts

CREATING QUALITY ASSESSMENTS

PRAXIS TEST REGENERATION PROGRAM

• 5-year strategic review of test titles• If revisions are not more than 20%, a

new standard setting study is not required

• Revision process takes 18 months

NEW MULTI-STATE STANDARD SETTING MODEL

• Introduced in 2009; replaces single-state model• 2 panels of experts nominated by client states• Convened at ETS; work independently from each

other, 2 day process• Arrive at a definition of the “just qualified candidate”• Panelists judge each item to arrive at a

recommended passing score; discuss, rate items again

• Data from 2 panels are combined• Study report enables each state to select a score

REVISED TEST TITLES STARTING FALL 2010

• Special Education: Core Knowledge and Application (0354)

• Business Education (0101)• Teaching Reading (0204)• French: World Language (0174)• German: World Language (0183)• Spanish: World Language (0195)• World Language Pedagogy (0841)

3 TEST CHANGES THAT WILL AFFECT OHIO FALL 2010

• Sp Ed: Core Knowledge and Applications (0354) replaces Education of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge (0353) – Old test was 1 hour MC; new test is 2 hrs MC– OH had 4 panelists on national validation panels

• Teaching Reading K-12 (0204) replaces Intro to Teaching of Reading (0200) – OH had 2 panelists on national validation panel– For licensing a beginning reading teacher

3 TEST CHANGES THAT WILL AFFECT OHIO FALL 2010

• Business Education (0101) replaces Business Education (0100)– Main change is the addition of a new area,

entrepreneurship– OH had 2 panelists on national validation study– Score scale changing from old 250-990 to 100-200 new

scale

TAAGS FOR REVISED TESTS

• Will be available on the ETS website, www.ets.com/praxis starting in mid-July

• Draft copies available now via ODE or Ines Bosworth at ibosworth@ets.org

TEST TITLES UP FOR REGENERATION, 2010-2011

• Teaching Students with Visual Impairments • English to Speakers of Other Languages• Education Leadership, Administration & Supervision• Technology Education• Teaching Students with Language Impairments• Art: Content Knowledge• PLT – 4 tests

• 7 paper/pencil administrations annually

• Praxis I offered paper/pencil and on computer at Prometric centers and some IHEs

• ADA accommodations we provide:• Extra time, Braille, large print test books, test reader,

additional breaks, sign language

• Primary Language Not English

THE PRAXIS PROGRAM IN OHIO Program Operations

• Candidates:– Must designate who gets scores – Can designate up to 3 score recipients

• Institutions: – Can receive scores three ways

• Paper• CD-Rom• ScoreLink (internet delivery of data file)

• ODE automatically receives scores

THE PRAXIS PROGRAM IN OHIO Candidate Score Reports

• Score reports now available faster and online– Multiple-choice test scores available in 17 days– Candidate score reports available via Web

• Simplified fee policies based on client feedback– One registration fee per testing year– Automatic refunds for candidates who re-register for the same test

prior to receiving their score report

• More flexible registration options– Register up to a week before test day – with a guaranteed seat

THE PRAXIS PROGRAM IN OHIO Service Enhancements

THE PRAXIS PROGRAM IN OHIOProgram Enhancements

• Computer delivery, Fall 2010: – Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (0014)– Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction and

Assessment (0011)• New Test Prep:

– E-books– PLT online tutorial available now– El Ed: 0014 interactive practice test available now– Praxis I Webinars – free – Praxis I tutorial - available this summer