News Briefs
Praxis™ Test Changes Announced
New: Early Childhood: Content Knowledge (0022). Reminder: This test is also available for test review and standards setting.
Reviewed and Refreshed
September 2006
- School Guidance and Counseling (0420)
September 2007
- Foreign Languages (0171, 0173, 0181, 0182, 0191, 0192)
- PPST® Reading, Math, Writing (0710/05710, 0720/05720, 0730/05730)
- Family & Consumer Science (0120)
- Elementary Education tests (0011, 0012, 0014)
- English Language Literature tests (0041, 0042, 0043, 0049)
Discontinued Tests
August 31, 2006
- Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (0016)
August 31, 2007
- Special Education: Knowledge-Based Core Principles (0351)
- World and U.S. History (0940)
- Biology: CK, Part 1 (0231)
- Biology: CK, Part 2 (0232)
- General Science: CK, Part 2 (0432)
- Chemistry: CK (0241)
- Physics (0260)
- Physics: CK (0261)
- Early Childhood Ed (0020)
- Pre-Kindergarten Ed (0530)
- Introduction to Teaching of Reading (0200)
If you have any questions or concerns, contact your Client Relations Director.
Score Report Change
As you are aware, when September scores are reported, the Designated Institution (DI) reports will include category information, something that the Institutions of Higher Education have been requesting for some time. The addition of category information results in changes to the score record layout. ETS will be contacting each DI to share the new layout. These changes may require some systems changes on your end to accommodate the addition of the category information.
Conferences
NOTE: Praxis™ program staff will be attending the following conferences:
- NASDTEC Conference
The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC)
10th Annual Professional Practices Institute
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys
Baltimore, MD
October 18–20, 2006
ETS will host an evening reception October 18.
ETS’s Office of Test Integrity will offer its Test Security workshop. - AACTE Conference
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
Annual Conference
February 24–27, 2007
New York, NY
(Additional information to follow.)
Innovations Newsletter
ETS has launched a new corporate newsletter called Innovations, and it will bring news and information about the company's assessment and research capabilities to readers around the world. Innovations initially will appear three times a year. Printed copies of the first issue are being distributed to 7,500 readers, including policymakers, educators, school leaders and researchers. A pdf version is available for downloading.