Title
II-Praxis Data for 1999-2000:
The teacher education programs
at Virginia Tech are based on INTASC standards and standards set forth
by national professional organizations and/or state standards. They
are accredited by those same organizations. The education unit is accredited
by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. There
are 26 teacher education programs; 14 of them have both undergraduate and
graduate options and 12 are graduate only. In the five-year elementary
program, students are accepted into teacher education in their freshman
year.
In the undergraduate programs, students are accepted into professional education
as juniors. Students in the graduate programs apply from Virginia Tech
as well as other universities. In the 1999-2000 academic year, 198
students completed licensure programs, 492 student were enrolled.
All programs have field experiences
prior to student teaching in varying configurations, from school placements
each year of the five-year elementary program to all day experiences similar
to student teaching in the graduate programs. All programs have a minimum
of 150 hours of supervised student teaching as a requirement although most
students exceed the minimum. Twelve full-time faculty, four part-time
faculty, and 18 graduate assistants supervise field experiences for a supervision
ratio of 5.8. All field experiences are supervised by both faculty
and doctoral students who are content specialists in the area being supervised.
In 1999-2000, neither Praxis I
nor II was required for admission to or exit from programs. The following
table represents passing rates for Praxis I and Praxis II.
|
Test
|
#taking
|
#passing
|
Institutional Pass Rate
|
Statewide Pass Rate
|
|
Praxis I Basic Skills:
|
|
|
|
|
|
PPST Reading
|
83
|
80
|
96%
|
93%
|
|
CBT Reading
|
112
|
109
|
97%
|
94%
|
|
PPST Writing
|
75
|
61
|
81%
|
89%
|
|
CBT Writing
|
121
|
109
|
90%
|
86%
|
|
PPST Mathematics
|
87
|
80
|
92%
|
88%
|
|
CBT Mathematics
|
108
|
106
|
98%
|
88%
|
|
Aggregate:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic Skills
|
198
|
165
|
84%
|
81%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Praxis II Content:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mathematics:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Content Knowledge
|
10
|
7
|
70%
|
67%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate: Academic Content
Areas
|
39
|
29
|
74%
|
92%
|
