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CompetencyTesting and the Makeup of the Teaching Force.[92]  \n12p.;Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of theAssociation of Teacher Educators(72nd,Orlando,FL,February 15-19,1992).  \nReports -Research/Technica!(143)--Speeches/Conference Papers(150)  \nMF01/PC01 P1us Postage.  \n*Access to Education;Elementary Secondary Education;*Equal Education;Ethnic Distribution;HigherEducation;*Hispanic Americans;Population Growth;Population Trends;Preservice Teacher Education;School Demography;Social Mobility;*StandardizedTests;Teacher Shortage;*Teaching(Occupation);*Test Bias*California Basic Educational Skills Test  \nLike many states,California has included a literacyscreen,the California Basic Educational Skills Test(CBEST),in therequirements that aspiring teachers must meet.In a state wheredemographic data indicate an increasing ethnic diversity amongelementary and secondary student populations and an imminent teachershortage that will be especially acute for ethnic minorities,thepotential impact of a test such as the CBEST is very important.Ampleprecedents indicate that standardized tests have ethnic,andsometimes gender,correlates which therefore impact on a minorityapplicant's accessibility to a teaching credential.This study seeksto evaluate the degree to which CBEST scores correlate with Hispanicethnicity.The sample consists of 660 candidates who took the CBESTin 1990;test scores were tabulated by ethnicity,gender,and whetherthe test-taker was a first-timer or a repeater.Results suggest thatthere are striking differences in the probability of passing thetest,depending upon the candidate's ethnic membership;the  \nprobabilities based on gender are also different,but less dramatic.The data suggest an inherent conflict becween screening candidatesbasic literacy skills as a provision for access to teacher educationand attempting to ensure that a candidate's exclusion from a careeris not influenced by ethnicity or gender.(LL)  \n☆from the original document.**☆*六****☆*******************************************************☆*****☆  \n# Between Rocks and Hard Places:Teacher Competency Testing andthe Makeup of the Teaching Force\n\nDavid E.Tanner  \nC.S.U.,Fresno  \nCathy A.PohanUniv.of Nebraska  \n\"PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THISMATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY  \n115.DEPA  MEN7oE EpuCATtONOMceo Educational Pearcn and tmprovemenlEDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION  \nD. Tauuer  \nCENIF8ERIC)\"  \nC This document has been reproduced a5ceiwmd from the Derson or oroanizatononginating it  \n□ Minor changes have been made to improvef8otoduction qualty  \nTO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER(ERIC).\"  \nPonts ofuworooinons stated inthsdocument do not necess4rdy represent ofticiaOERI positicn or pohcy  \n2  \nBEST COPY AYAILABLE  \n4  \nHistorically,elementary and secondary education have been importantelements in Americans'social mobility.The value lies not just in theopportunities that a sound education provides for the developing student,butalso in the social progress available to those from working classbackgrounds who become teachers.Since the early days of the normalschool,teacher training institutions have been far more accessible than mostother professional training schools to those from the lower classes.  \nRecently,however,educational dynamics have changed in a way thatimpacts those who will,and those who will not teach.Declining studentaptitude scores has fostered an accountability movement (Frechtling,1991),a subset of which is the evaluation of teacher competency.Frequently theevaluation is conducted with pencil-and-paper tests.  \nLike many states,California has included a literacy screen in therequirements that aspiring teachers must meet.It is the \"California BasicEducational Skills Test\"(CBEST)developed by ETS.To the degree thatscores on this te","cbCairmfloXAlmwm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairmfloXAlmwm","pdf",260751,12,"English","# Method\n## Data and sample\n## Measures and analysis\n## Findings and implications","[{\"question\":\"What issue does the study address about teacher competency testing?\",\"answer\":\"It investigates whether standardized teacher literacy screening affects who gains access to teacher education, particularly in a context of increasing ethnic diversity and teacher shortages.\"},{\"question\":\"Which test does the study focus on and who took it?\",\"answer\":\"The study focuses on the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), taken by 660 candidates in 1990.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the results suggest about passing the test across groups?\",\"answer\":\"Results suggest striking differences in passing probabilities depending on candidates’ ethnic membership, with gender-related differences also present but less dramatic.\"}]","Between Rocks and Hard Places - Teacher Competency Testing and the Makeup of the Teaching Force | PDF"]