TExES Program Updates Presented by: Rick Cullors Program Director, Texas Educator Certification Program Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2013 by Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.

What’s New This Year??? 45 Day Wait Time to Retake a CAT Exam Vision to Transition to a Fully Computer Administered Testing Program Video Tours on ETS website Webinars for BTLPT exam Interactive Tutorial for Test Software

What’s New This Year??? Better designed Preparation Manuals with Bookmarks and Live Link Test-at-a-Glance PPR Interactive Test and more tests coming! Several Secondary 8-12 Exams changing to 7-12 English/LA/Rdg Mathematics Science History Life Science Social Studies Physical Science Chemistry

What’s New This Year??? Fall 2014 Test updates 256 Journalism 243 Physics/Mathematics 274 Physical Science/Mathematics/Engineering 270 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities for Trade and Industrial Education

What’s New This Year??? 2014 Representative Tests Title Available 232 Social Studies 7-12 Spring 2014 233 History 7-12 236 Science 7-12 Fall 2014 235 Mathematics 7-12 Fall, 2014 237 Physical Science 6-12 238 Life Science 7-12 240 Chemistry 7-12 Spring, 2014

What Changes are Coming for 2014-15??? As of August 31, 2014 #192 EC-6 Bilingual Generalist exam will no longer exist For Bilingual Certification, you will be required to pass: #191 (will become 291 Fall 2014) EC-6 Generalist exam #164 Bilingual Supplemental exam #190 BTLPT exam #160 EC-12 PPR exam

What Changes are Coming for 2014-15??? As of August 31, 2014 #191 EC-6 Generalist and #111 4-8 Generalist exams will be revised The new revised exams will be required of students who have not met certification requirements by 8-31-13 Must pass all domains (content areas) of the exam for an overall “passing” score

Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test (BTLPT)-Spanish Test at a Glance 84 Multiple Choice Questions 7 Constructed-Response Tasks Listening Comprehension 21% Reading Comprehension 26% Oral Expression 29% Written Expression 24%

Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test (BTLPT)-Spanish Scoring In each domain, the scaled score provides an indication of overall performance within that domain on 100-300 scaled score Domains I and II – number of points possible equals the number of scored multiple choice questions Domain III – 5 spoken response questions 6 raw points possible for each response (30 possible pts) Weighted to reflect contribution to total score Domain IV – 3 written response questions 6 raw points possible (18 possible pts) Weighted by multiplying them by 2.0

Current EC-6 Generalist Exam Test at a Glance 140 Multiple Choice Questions 5 Domains: English/Language Arts/Reading 32% Mathematics 19% Social Studies 19% Science 18% Fine Arts/Health/PE 12%

Current EC-6 Generalist Exam Scoring Total Test Performance Scaled score of 240 established as the passing score Performance by Domain Total number of scored questions Total number of questions candidate answered correctly Performance by Competency

Revised 2014 EC-6 Generalist Exam Test at a Glance 200 Multiple Choice Questions 3 Domains: English/Language Arts/Reading and the Science of Teaching Reading 35% Mathematics 22% Social Studies 19% Science 24% Total Questions 215

Revised 2014 EC-6 Generalist Exam Scoring Total Test Performance Report of pass or fail status for entire exam Candidates must receive a pass status in all four domains to receive an overall pass status for the entire test Performance by Domain Report scaled score Report pass or fail based on scaled score Total number of scored questions Total number of questions candidate answered correctly Performance by Competency

Current 4-8 Generalist Exam Test at a Glance 130 Multiple Choice Questions English/Language Arts/Reading 31% Mathematics 23% Social Studies 23% Science 23%

Current 4-8 Generalist Exam Scoring Total Test Performance Scaled score of 240 established as the passing score Performance by Domain Total number of scored questions Total number of questions candidate answered correctly Performance by Competency

Revised 2014 4-8 Generalist Exam Test at a Glance 200 Multiple Choice Questions Four Domains: English/Language Arts/Reading 37% Mathematics 21% Social Studies 21% Science 21%

Revised 2014 4-8 Generalist Exam Scoring Total Test Performance Report of pass or fail status for entire exam Candidates must receive a pass status in all four domains to receive an overall pass status for the entire test Performance by Domain Report scaled score Report pass or fail based on scaled score Total number of scored questions Total number of questions candidate answered correctly Performance by Competency

Important Reminders Formal Name Change Requests Cell Phone Policy Educator Profile ID Requirements

Questions? Email: rcullors@ets.org Cell# 210-347-4957