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Initial Program Indicators of Candidate Competency

 

Measure 3: Candidate competency at completion

Completers Licensing

Praxis II Content Assessment: The purpose of this test is to assess a new teacher’s knowledge and understanding of educational practices foundational to beginning a career as a professional teacher. The content test assesses key indicators of the beginning educator’s knowledge of topics such as human development, learning processes, instructional processes, diverse learners, educational psychology, and professional issues.

The table below provides information on the performance of the candidates in Doane’s Teacher Education Program on each teacher credential assessment used by Nebraska Department of Education.  Comparison with Nebraska Pass Rate and average scaled score is included in the last two columns.

Initial Undergraduate Program and Initial Program at the Advanced Level
(Pass Rates by School Year and Content Area)

 

Doane University – College of Education

 

 

    Nebraska  

School Year

Number Taking Assessment

Number Passing Assessment

Pass Rate

Average Scaled Score

Assessment

Cut Score

Pass Rate

Average Scaled Score

ART

2021-2022

0

0

 

 

158

88%

162

2020-2021

4

3

 

 

158

89%

167

2019-2020

4

4

 

 

158

94%

167

3 Years

8

7

88%

174

 

 

BIOLOGY

2021-2022

1

1

 

 

164

100%

166

2020-2021

0

0

 

 

164

 

 

2019-2020

0

0

 

 

164

100%

166

3 Years

1

1

100%

164

 

 

ELEMENTARY ED CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

2021-2022

25

25

 

170

153

97%

168

2020-2021

28

28

 

170

153

99%

169

2019-2020

28

28

 

170

153

99%

170

3 Years

81

81

100%

170

 

 

ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS: CONTENT AND ANALYSIS

2021-2022

3

3

 

 

168

85%

174

2020-2021

6

6

 

 

168

95%

176

2019-2020

3

3

 

 

168

97%

179

3 Years

12

12

100%

179

 

 

GENERAL SCIENCE:  CONTENT AND KNOWLEDGE

2021-2022

1

1

 

 

148

95%

167

2020-2021

7

7

 

 

148

97%

172

2019-2020

1

1

 

 

148

100%

171

3 Years

9

9

100%

186

 

 

HEALTH & PE

2021-2022

2

2

 

 

160

95%

167

2020-2021

1

1

 

 

160

97%

168

2019-2020

4

4

 

 

160

90%

167

3 Years

7

7

100%

173

 

 

MATHEMATICS: CONTENT AND KNOWLEDGE

2021-2022

1

1

 

 

146

100%

161

2020-2021

0

0

 

 

146

100%

164

2019-2020

2

2

 

 

146

100%

162

3 Years

3

3

100%

169

 

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL: ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

2021-2022

0

0

 

 

164

 

 

2020-2021

0

0

 

 

164

 

 

2019-2020

0

0

 

 

164

91%

171

3 Years

0

0

 

 

 

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL: MATHEMATICS

2021-2022

1

1

 

 

157

 

 

2020-2021

2

2

 

 

157

94%

174

2019-2020

0

0

 

 

157

100%

175

3 Years

3

3

100%

180

 

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL: SCIENCE

2021-2022

0

0

 

 

152

 

 

2020-2021

0

0

 

 

152

 

 

2019-2020

1

1

 

 

153

93%

166

3 Years

1

1

100%

154

 

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL: SOCIAL STUDIES

2021-2022

0

0

 

 

155

100%

178

2020-2021

0

0

 

 

155

100%

173

2019-2020

0

0

 

 

155

865

169

3 Years

0

0

 

 

 

 

MUSIC: CONTENT AND INSTRUCTION

2021-2022

3

2

 

 

152

96%

165

2020-2021

4

4

 

 

152

98%

168

2019-2020

5

5

 

 

152

100%

169

3 Years

11

10

91%

164

 

 

PHYSICAL ED: CONTENT AND KNOWLEDGE

2021-2022

4

4

 

 

146

95%

156

2020-2021

1

1

 

 

146

96%

157

2019-2020

1

1

 

 

146

100%

160

3 Years

6

6

100%

156

 

 

SPECIAL EDUCATION: CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS

2021-2022

16

16

 

168

151

100%

172

2020-2021

13

13

 

168

151

100%

173

2019-2020

13

13

 

174

151

99%

173

3 Years

42

42

100%

170

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES: CONTENT AND KNOWLEDGE

2021-2022

4

4

 

 

154

100%

170

2020-2021

3

3

 

 

154

96%

169

2019-2020

5

5

 

 

154

97%

170

3 Years

12

12

100%

173

 

 

SPANISH - WORLD LANGUAGE

2021-2022

2

2

 

 

156

83%

168

2020-2021

0

0

 

 

156

90%

171

2019-2020

2

2

 

 

156

82%

166

3 Years

4

4

100%

172

 

 

WORLD AND US HISTORY

2021-2022

0

0

 

 

147

88%

160

2020-2021

0

0

 

 

147

100%

162

2019-2020

0

0

 

 

147

100%

161

3 Years

0

0