Licensure tests for special education teachers: How well they assess knowledge of reading instruction and mathematics

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 464-474

  Stotsky, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Licensure tests; Mathematics knowledge; Reading instructional knowledge; Special education teachers; Teacher tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; MATHEMATICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; READING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MATHEMATICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; READING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249132590     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219409338740     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Armbruster, B., & Osborn, J. (2001). Put reading first: The research building blocks for teaching children to read. Urbana: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement.
2. Chall, J. (1996a). Learning to read: The great debate (3rd ed.). Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace.
3. Chall, J. (1996b). Stages of reading development (2nd ed.). Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace.
4. Chall, J. (2000). The academic achievement challenge: What really works in the classroom? New York: Guildford.
5. Greenberg, J., & Walsh, K. (2008). No common denominator: The preparation of elementary teachers in mathematics by America's education schools. Washington, DC: National Council on Teacher Quality.
6. Levine, A. (2006). Educating school teachers. Washington, DC: Education Schools Project.
7. Massachusetts Department of Education. (2007). Guidelines for the mathematical preparation of elementary teachers. Malden: Author.
8. Mitchell, R., & Barth, P. (1999, Spring). How teacher licensing tests fall short. Thinking K-16. Washington, DC: Education Trust. Retrieved October 10, 2008, from http://www.edtrust.org
9. National Council on Teacher Quality. (2006). What teacher preparation programs aren't teaching about reading-And what elementary teachers aren't learning. Washington, DC: Author.
10. National Mathematics Advisory Panel. (2008). Foundations for success: The final report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
11. National Reading Panel. (2000). Teaching children to read. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
12. Pearson, P. D. (2004). The reading wars. Educational Policy, 18, 216-252.
13. Rigden, D. (2006). Report on licensure alignment with the essential components of effective reading instruction. Retrieved May 24, 2007, from http://www.rften.org/content/Rigden_Report_9_7_06.pdf
14. Steiner, D., & Rozen, S. (2004). Preparing tomorrow's teachers: An analysis of syllabi from a sample of America's schools of education. In F. M. Hess, A. J. Rotherham, & K. Walsh (Eds.), A qualified teacher in every classroom? Appraising old answers and new ideas (pp. 119-148). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
15. Stotsky, S. (2006). Why American students do not learn to read very well: The unintended consequences of Title II and teacher testing. Third Education Group Review/Articles, 2. Retrieved October 21, 2007, from http://www.thirdeducationgroup.org/Review/Articles/v2n1.htm
16. Stotsky, S. (2007a). How state boards of education can upgrade math teaching in the elementary school. National Association of State Boards of Education, Commentaries, Vol. 13, No. 2, February 2007.
17. Stotsky, S. (2007b). Teacher licensure tests: Their relationship to mathematics teachers' academic competence and student achievement in mathematics. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, Department of Education Reform, Education Working Paper Archive. Retrieved October 21, 2007, from http://www.uark.edu/ua/der/EWPA/Research/Teacher_Quality/1798.html
18. Stotsky, S. (2008). Licensure tests for special education teachers: How well they assess knowledge of research-based reading instruction and mathematics. University of Arkansas, Department of Education Reform, Education Working Paper Archive. Retrieved May 28, 2009, from http://www.uark.edu/ua/der/EWPA/Research/Teacher_Quality/1809.html
19. Stotsky, S., & Haverty, L. (2004). Can a state department of education increase teacher quality? Lessons learned in Massachusetts. In D. Ravitch (Ed.), Brookings papers on education policy (pp. 131-180). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.