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| No Child Left Behind |
This is to advise you that as a result of State Board of Education (SBE) actions to meet federal “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) requirements for teacher quality, it is likely that elementary teacher credential candidates who are planning to meet subject matter competency through the completion of an accredited undergraduate waiver program (most commonly Liberal Studies or Child Development) will also need to take and pass the state approved subject matter examination (CSET) in order to meet the federal requirements under NCLB.
These candidates will still meet the requirements for a teaching credential WITHOUT the test, but public school districts will be facing deadlines to certify that all their teachers are NCLB compliant (immediately for Title 1 schools, and by 2005-06 for ALL schools). Therefore, while completing an approved subject matter program of undergraduate preparation continues to be a recommended route to a credential, candidates will greatly improve their attractiveness to school districts if they are also NCLB qualified.
Although the state is still waiting for the federal response to the SBE proposal, and for the SBE to then formally adopt this plan, unfortunately in order to comply with federal law, the current SBE proposal will make this requirement RETROACTIVE to all those who receive their credential any time after July 1, 2002, with a subject matter waiver and who are teaching in a Title 1 school in 2002. It is proposed that those teachers will now have until June 30, 2004 to pass the exam. This will, of course, also apply to students now completing credential programs, and to those currently enrolled in accredited undergraduate subject matter waiver programs. New teachers hired into non-Title 1 schools will have until the end of 2005-06 to pass the exam.
Please contact your advisor if you have questions. You can read the complete draft of the SBE proposal:
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.pdf |
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