Educator Certification Assessment Program

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Educator Certification Assessment Program
Anne Marie Fenton annemarie.fenton_at_gapsc.com Decem
ber 1, 2008
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Assessment Program

• Agenda
• GACE
• Title II (not Title IIA)
• Higher Education Act Reauthorization

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www.gace.nesinc.com

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GACE

• Program Purpose
• to assess the knowledge and skills of prospective
  Georgia public school educators
• helps the PSC meet its goal of ensuring that
  candidates have the knowledge and skills needed
  to perform the job of an educator in Georgia
  public schools
• aligned with state and national standards for
  educator preparation and with state standards for
  the P12 student curriculum (Georgia Performance
  Standards).

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GACE
Program Benefits

• Aligned with Georgia Standards
• Created by diverse representation of educators
  across Georgia who are experts in their
  respective fields
• No Georgia Tax Dollars
• Ensure Educator Quality

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GACE

• Test Participation
• Georgia Educator Certification Only
• Applying for Program Admission
• Out-of-state Certification Applications

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Latest on GACE

• 2008-2009 GACE Schedule
• August 23
• October 25
• January 10
• March 28
• May 9
• June 13
• July 18
• August 27

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GACE

• Computer Skill Competency Assessment

The GACE Computer Skill Competency Assessment is
not designed to replace instruction in the
integration of technology to meet the PSC/NCATE
standards for educator preparation program
approval. Although program providers may choose
to use the GACE CSC Assessment as a tool for
assessing candidates' technology skills,
providers must not rely on the GACE CSC
Assessment alone in preparing educators.
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www.georgiastandards.org
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GACE
Enhancements

• Examinees must select a provider code indicating
  who will receive data (no longer voluntary can
  indicate N/A)
• Added two supplemental administrations (Basic
  Skills and Early Childhood Education)
• CSC offered at all ETCs
• Enhanced Registration Bulletin and Web Resources
  on ES website (www.gace.nesinc.com)
• Enhanced website at www.gapsc.com
• Enhanced Communication (Latest on GACE)

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GACE
Enhancements (cont)

• Annual Program Provider Summary Reports
• Virtual GoToMeeting series on GACE Data and
  Faculty Resources
• Assessment Data Advisory Panel

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GACE
Upcoming Enhancements

• GACE for Interpreters
• Quick Reference for all GACE Assessments by
  Approved Preparation Program
• Quick Reference for GACE and HQT (Reading ESL
  Gifted etc.)
• Enhanced website at www.gapsc.com
• Continued Communication (Assessment
  UpdatesLatest on GACE)

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• Latest on GACE
• Communication
• e-list

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Assessment Program

• Title II
• (not Title IIA)
• Accountability

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Title II/Program Completer Process
PAAR
Title II (Program Completer) Data
Annual Title II Pass Rate Report
Annual Program Provider Summary Reports
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Title II/Program Completer Process

• 11-15-08
• Deadline for Data Submission
• 12-31-08
• Release of Preliminary Title II Pass Rate Reports
  (www.educationreports.net)
• Release of Providers Data Worksheet for Review
  (www.gapsc.org)
• 2-2-09
• Providers submit corrected data worksheets
  (final)

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Title II/Program Completer Process

• 4-1-09
• Annual Title II Pass Rate Reports Available
• (www.educationreports.net)
• 5-1-09
• Annual Program Provider Summary Reports
• (www.educationreports.net)

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Title II/Program Completer Process
Enhancements

• Streamlined the Title II/Program Completer
  Process so that providers verify their program
  completer data in the same format in which it was
  submitted (www.gapsc.org)
• Established and published a Title II Program
  Completer Process Schedule (advanced notice)
• Defined and published explanatory notes directly
  on Annual Title II Reports

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Title II/Program Completer Process
Enhancements (cont)

• Enhanced Annual Summary Reports included
• Report 1 Test Data by Subarea and
  Objective/Statewide Averages
• Report 2 Aggregate Data by Test and Assessment
• Report 3 Aggregate Summary of all Programs
• Report 4 Three Year Archival Record
• Explanatory notes and footnotes
• Moved availability of Summary Reports up from
  late August to May 1st
• Will provide Summary Reports for all programs not
  just those for initial certification (Title II),
  and regardless of how many completers.

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Title II/Program Completer Process
Enhancements (cont)

• GACE Data and Faculty Resources web pages
  (www.gace.nesinc.com)
• GACE Data and Faculty Resources Virtual
  GoToMeetings
• Virtual Meeting Surveys

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Title II/Program Completer Process
Ongoing Emphasis

• Work Collaboratively on Data Notification and
  Communication
• Provide Customer Service Support and Helpful
  Resources to Ensure Consistent, Accurate, and
  Timely Reporting and Verification of Program
  Completer Data
• Commitment to Program Enhancements based on
  Providers Needs

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www.gapsc.com/EducatorPreparation/EducatorAccount
ability/
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Title II/Program Completer Process
Questions/Assistance?

• For questions about PAAR
• PAAR_at_gapsc.com
• Program Completer Data or File Uploads
• Commaleta.Singleton_at_gapsc.com
• Title II/Program Completer Process Reports
• AnneMarie.Fenton_at_gapsc.com

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HEOA

• Higher Education Act Reauthorization
• 2008

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HEOA Title II

• Teacher Quality Enhancement
• Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Accountability
  for Programs that Prepare Teachers
• Teacher Development
• State Functions
• Release of Info to Teacher Preparation Programs
• Preparing Teachers For Digital Age Learners
• Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence
• Teacher to Reach Grants
• Adjunct Teacher Corps
• Graduate Fellowships to Prepare Faculty in
  High-Need Areas in Colleges of Education

From Table of Contents of AACTEs Summary of
the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA, P.L.
110-315), Sept. 2008, available at www.aacte.org
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HEOA Title II

• The newly signed Higher Education Opportunity Act
  (HEOA) became law in August and will have
  implications for your educator preparation
  programs and for those providers that report pass
  rates for Title II (not Title IIA) reporting.
• We have been advised by Westat, to whom we report
  Title II, to expect changes, but to make no
  changes to data collection systems yet.

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HEOA Title II

• HEOA, in part, addresses the Teacher Quality
  Enhancements, which focus on accountability for
  programs that prepare teachers teacher
  development state functions preparing teachers
  for digital age learners as well as specific
  grants such as Adjunct Teacher Corps and Graduate
  Fellowships for High-Need Areas, and more.

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HEOA Title II

• With HEOA, there is an increased focus on
  partnerships setting annual quantifiable goals
  to increase the number of teachers in math,
  science, special education, ELL, and other
  shortage areas preparation in instructing
  students with disabilities and in teaching in
  urban and rural areas as well as others.

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HEOA Title II

• The full text of HEOA and an overview of the
  complete HEOA legislation in the form of a report
  to Congress are available at www.ccsso.org/content
  
• A concise summary of provisions of HEOA that
  affect educator preparation programs (Title II)
  is located at
• www.aacte.org

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HEOA
New fines for Inaccurate or Non-reporting

• 27,500

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Contact Information

• Anne Marie Fenton
• Educator Preparation Division, PSC
• annemarie.fenton_at_gapsc.com
• 404-232-2654

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Assessment Program

• Agenda
• GACE
• Title II (not Title IIA)
• Higher Education Act Reauthorization

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Mission To build the best prepared, best
qualified, and most ethical education workforce
in the nation.