Candidate Characteristics & Outcomes for 2010-11 Graduates
Candidates’ ACT/SAT scores upon entering as first time full time freshmen
ACT Composite
Mean=23
Combined SAT
Mean=1040
Licensure Test Scores*
Art Education
96%
Early Childhood Education
100%
Earth Science
100%
Family & Consumer Sciences
100%
Health Education
100%
Integrated Business
100%
Integrated Language Arts
91%
Integrated Mathematics
87.5%
Integrated Science
94.5%**
Integrated Social Studies
93.5%
Intervention Specialist-Mild/Moderate,
100%
Moderate/Intensive
Intervention Specialist-Deaf Education
100%
Music Education
90%
Middle Childhood-Language Arts
96%
Middle Childhood-Mathematics
97%
Middle Childhood-Science
100%
Middle Childhood-Social Studies
96%
Physical Education
95%
Spanish ACTFL WPI/OPI
100%
French ACTFL WPI/OPI
100%
ADVANCED PROGRAMS
Intervention Specialist-Early Childhood
100%
Educational Administration K-12 Leadership
100%
Library Media
100%
Reading Specialization
100%
School Counseling
100%
School Psychology
100%
Speech-Language Pathology
100%
*No Praxis II test is required for: American Sign Language, Career Technical Teacher Education, Dance
Education, Educational Interpreter, Gifted Education, Foreign Language/Latin.
**Integrated Science tests with a 100% pass rate; Biology: Content Knowledge, Biology & General
Science, Chemistry: Content Knowledge, Physics: Content Knowledge. With an N=3 the Chemistry,
Physics & General Science test had a 67% pass rate.
Admission to advanced study (methods classes;
GPA calculated at the end of the sophomore year)
Graduation: Undergraduate Initial Licensure
Program
Graduation: MED/MAT Initial Licensure Program
Graduation: Advanced Licensure Program
GPA
3.47
3.51
3.28
3.88
Clinical Practice Requirements & Outcomes
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Average of 100 hours of field experience prior to student teaching
12-16 weeks of student teaching, depending on program
6-8 weeks of full-time teaching within student teaching semester
98% of candidates satisfactorily completed student teaching
CANDIDATE IMPACT ON P-12 STUDENT PERFORMANCE DURING STUDENT TEACHING
Teacher Work Sample
Standard 5: Analysis of P-12 Student Learning
The teacher candidate traces and analyzes student
progress from beginning assessment through
formative and summative assessment.
Standard 6: Reflections and Self-Assessment
The teacher candidate analyzes and critically
reflects on his/her teaching in relationship to student
learning in order to inform future instructional
decisions and to improve his/her teaching practice.
95% of candidates were rated as acceptable or
exceeds expectations.
97% of candidates were rated as acceptable or
exceed expectations.