Establishing Alternative for the Praxis I Assessments for Initial Licensure
Resolution Number 2001-19
April 26, 2001
WHEREAS, Section 22.1-298 of the Code of Virginia stipulates that the Board of Education regulations shall include a requirement that teachers seeking initial licensure take a professional teacher’s examination prescribed by the board; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 2123 passed by the 2001 General Assembly amends Section 22.1-298 of the Code of Virginia directing the Board of Education to review passing scores for the professional teacher’s examination required for initial licensure and make such modifications to the passing scores as the board may deem appropriate, which may include, but need not be limited to, composite scoring; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education shall approve in addition to current Board guidelines for teacher licensure and Praxis I assessments, the Board establish a Praxis I composite passing score, one passing score based on the sum of the Praxis I reading, writing, and mathematics tests and the composite scores shall be as follows: PPST 532; CBT 973.
Adopted in Richmond, Virginia, This Twenty-Sixth Day of April in the Year 2001.
Signature:
Kirk T. Schroder, President
Board of Education
Adopted in the Minutes of the Virginia Board of Education
April 26, 2001
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