Low minimum scores mean Kentucky teachers don't fail often. Two years later, that person was hired as a special education teacher on an emergency basis in Clinton County. Districts don't know how many times a teacher candidate might have failed the test because those documents can be released only by the individual, not the state. In Christian County, one teacher was hired out of Murray State University after failing one of the basic knowledge tests eight times. Christian County school officials said all teacher applicants go through a screening interview before being interviewed by school principals, who do the hiring.
Principals usually go over the college transcripts pretty carefully.
But transcripts don't show Praxis scores. No easy solution Regulating teacher quality is not a simple issue. But the problem has always been tackled in separate pieces. In Kentucky, the Education Professional Standards Board has introduced standards that say exactly what teachers should be able to do, including master the content in subjects they teach. Those standards are applied while future teachers are still in college.