The Congress of the United States, in its reauthorization of Title of the Higher Education of 1998, enacted legislation that provided grant programs to assist states and institutions of higher education in improving the recruitment, preparation and support of new teachers. As a part of this legislation, accountability measures were enacted that required institutions of higher education to report data to the public on the pass-rate of teacher candidates on assessments required for state licensure. The State of Arkansas requires each licensure candidate to make a minimum score on tests of basic skills, professional knowledge and the content areas in which licensure is sought.
Policy forbids the release of data for a sample containing the scores of fewer than ten candidates.
Therefore, data for candidates completing programs in mathematics, social studies, business education, music and speech communication are not provided separately. However, these data are included in the aggregate and summary pass rates. Since the pass rate for all types of assessments was 100 per cent, it can be concluded that all candidates in these areas passed the assessments. The following report contains pass rate data for candidates completing programs during the academic year 1999-2000. The report provides comparative data on the TECH pass rates and the statewide pass rates.