Education Week

Performance-Based Test for Teachers Rolls Out

Jaclyn Midgette has no shortage of adjectives to describe a new performance-based licensing test she took as an undergraduate teacher-candidate at East Carolina University: stressful, drawn out, and ...
NorthJersey.com

'Victory for all future educators': NJ does away with teacher certification test — sort of

After months of calls to eliminate a state-mandated expensive teacher licensing test blamed for worsening the teacher shortage, Gov. Phil Murphy did away with it — sort of. The Murphy administration ...
Raleigh News & Observer

NC won’t raise the minimum score to pass teacher licensure exams. Here’s why.

The State Board of Education voted not to raise the passing score for teachers taking the edTPA exam to get their continuing professional license. Dreamstime TNS AI-generated summary reviewed by our ...
KXAN

Texas nixes new teacher certification test that would have cost $165 more than existing test

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — New teachers in Texas will not be required to take a new certification exam that would have been more expensive and more rigorous. All 13 members of the State Board of Education ...
Charlotte Observer

NC won’t raise the minimum score to pass teacher licensure exams. Here’s why.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. North Carolina is not raising its passing scores for teacher licensure tests out of concern it would reduce the number of educators ...