Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 16 - EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD › Chapter 6 - Assessment › Section 16 KAR 6:010 - Assessment prerequisites for teacher certification

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				161.020,
				161.028(1),
				161.030(3),
				(4)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				161.028(1)(a) authorizes the
				Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) to establish standards and
				requirements for obtaining and maintaining a teaching certificate.
				KRS
				161.030(3) and (4) require
				the EPSB to select the appropriate assessments required prior to teacher
				certification. This administrative regulation establishes the examination
				prerequisites for teacher certification.
Section
			 1. A teacher applicant for certification shall successfully
			 complete the applicable assessments identified in this administrative
			 regulation prior to Kentucky teacher certification.
Section 2. The EPSB shall require the
			 assessment or assessments and passing scores identified in this section for
			 each new teacher applicant and each teacher seeking an additional certificate.
(1) An applicant for Interdisciplinary Early
			 Childhood Education certification (birth to primary) shall take
			 "Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education (5023)" - 166.
(2) An applicant for Elementary certification
			 (grades P-5) shall take "Elementary Education: Multi-Subjects Test (5001)" with
			 the following passing scores on the corresponding assessment sections:
(a) "Elementary Education: Reading and
			 Language Arts (5002)" - 157;
(b)
			 "Elementary Education: Mathematics (5003)" - 157;
(c) "Elementary Education: Social Studies
			 (5004)" - 155; and
(d) "Elementary
			 Education: Science (5005)" - 159.
(3) An applicant for certification at the
			 middle school level (grades 5 through 9) shall take the content assessment or
			 assessments based on the applicant's content area or areas with the
			 corresponding passing scores as identified in this subsection:
(a) Middle School English and Communications:
			 "Middle School English Language Arts (5047)" - 164;
(b) Middle School Mathematics: "Middle School
			 Mathematics (5164)" - 157;
(c)
			 Middle School Science: "Middle School Science (5442)" - 152; or
(d) Middle School Social Studies: "Middle
			 School Social Studies (5089)" - 149.
(4) An applicant for certification at the
			 secondary level (grades 8 through 12) shall take the content assessment or
			 assessments corresponding to the applicant's content area or areas with the
			 passing scores identified in this subsection:
(a) Biology: "Biology: Content Knowledge
			 (5235)" - 146;
(b) Chemistry:
			 "Chemistry: Content Knowledge (5245)" - 147;
(c) Earth Science: "Earth and Space Sciences:
			 Content Knowledge (5571)" - 147;
(d) English: "English Language Arts: Content
			 and Analysis (5039)" - 168;
(e)
			 Mathematics: "Mathematics (5165)" - 159;
(f) Physics: "Physics: Content Knowledge
			 (5265)" - 133; or
(g) Social
			 Studies: "Social Studies: Content and Interpretation (5086)" - 153.
(5) An applicant for certification
			 in all grades shall take the content assessment or assessments corresponding to
			 the applicant's area or areas of specialization identified in this subsection,
			 and, if a passing score is established in this subsection, the applicant shall
			 achieve the passing score or higher:
(a) Art:
			 "Art: Content and Analysis (5135)" - 161;
(b) Chinese: "Chinese (Mandarin): World
			 Language (5665)" - 164;
(c) French:
			 "French: World Language (5174)" - 162;
(d) German: "German: World Language (5183)" -
			 163;
(e) Japanese: "Japanese: World
			 Language (5661)" -156;
(f) Health:
			 "Health Education (5551)" - 155;
(g) Health and Physical Education:
1. "Health and Physical Education: Content
			 Knowledge (5857)" - 160; and
2.
			 "Physical Education: "Physical Education: Content and Design (5095)" -
			 169;
(h) Integrated
			 Music: "Music: Content and Instruction (5114)" - 162;
(i) Instrumental Music: "Music: Instrumental
			 and General Knowledge (5115)" -150;
(j) Vocal Music: "Music: Vocal and General
			 Knowledge (5116)"-153;
(k) Latin:
			 "Latin (5601)" - 166;
(l) Physical
			 Education: "Physical Education: Content and Design (5095)" - 169;
(m) School Media Librarian: "Library Media
			 Specialist (5311)" - 156;
(n)
			 School Psychologist: "School Psychologist (5402)" - 147; or
(o) Spanish: "Spanish: World Language (5195)"
			 - 168.
(6) Except as
			 provided in subsection (7) of this section, an applicant for certification for
			 teacher of exceptional children in Communication Disorders, Learning and
			 Behavior Disorders, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Impaired with Sign Proficiency,
			 Visually Impaired, or Moderate and Severe Disabilities shall take the content
			 assessment or assessments based on the applicant's area or areas of
			 specialization with the corresponding passing scores as identified in this
			 subsection:
(a) Communication Disorders:
1. "Special Education: Core Content Knowledge
			 and Applications (5354)" - 151; and
2. "Speech-Language Pathology (5331)" -
			 162;
(b) Hearing
			 Impaired:
1. "Special Education: Core
			 Knowledge and Applications (5354)" - 151; and
2. "Special Education: Education of Deaf and
			 Hard of Hearing Students (5272)" - 160;
(c) Hearing Impaired With Sign Proficiency:
1. "Special Education: Core Knowledge and
			 Applications (5354)" - 151;
2.
			 "Special Education: Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students (5272)"
			 -160; and
3. "American Sign
			 Language Proficiency Interview (ASLPI)" - 3+;
(d) Learning and Behavior Disorders: "Special
			 Education: Core Knowledge and Mild to Moderate Applications (5543)" -
			 158;
(e) Moderate and Severe
			 Disabilities: "Special Education: Core Knowledge and Severe to Profound
			 Applications (5545)" - 158; or
(f)
			 Visually Impaired:
1. "Special Education: Core
			 Knowledge and Applications (5354)" - 151; and
2. "Special Education: Teaching Students with
			 Visual Impairments (5282)" - 163.
(7) A holder of an exceptional child
			 certificate in Learning and Behavior Disorders or Moderate and Severe
			 Disabilities who is seeking additional certification for any exceptional
			 children teaching certificate listed in subsection (6) of this section shall
			 not be required to take "Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications
			 (5354)".
(8)
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of
			 this subsection, an applicant for Career and Technical Education certification
			 to teach in grades 5 - 12 shall take the content assessment or assessments
			 corresponding to the applicant's area or areas of specialization identified in
			 this paragraph, and, if a passing score is established in this paragraph, the
			 applicant shall achieve the passing score or higher:
1. Agriculture: "Agriculture (5701)" -
			 147;
2. Business and Marketing
			 Education: "Business Education (5101)" - 154;
3. Family and Consumer Science: "Family and
			 Consumer Sciences (5122)" - 153; or
4. Engineering and Technology Education:
			 "Technology Education (5051)" -159.
(b) An applicant for Industrial Education
			 shall take the content assessment or assessments corresponding to the
			 applicant's area or areas of specialization with the passing scores identified
			 in
			 16
			 KAR 6:020.
(9) An applicant for a restricted base
			 certificate in the following area or areas shall take the content assessment or
			 assessments based on the applicant's area or areas of specialization with the
			 corresponding passing scores as identified in this subsection:
(a) English as a Second Language:
1. Until August 31, 2017: "English to
			 Speakers of Other Languages (5361)" - 157; or
2. Beginning September 1, 2017: "English to
			 Speakers of Other Languages (5362)" - 155;
(b) Speech/Media Communications: "Speech
			 Communication (5221)" - 146; or
(c)
			 Theater: "Theatre (5641)" - 162.
(10) An applicant for an endorsement in the
			 following content area or areas shall take the content assessment or
			 assessments based on the applicant's area or areas of specialization with the
			 passing scores identified in this subsection:
(a) American Sign Language: "American Sign
			 Language Proficiency Interview (ASLPI)" - 3+;
(b) English as a Second Language:
1. Until August 31, 2017: "English to
			 Speakers of Other Languages (5361)" - 157; or
2. Beginning September 1, 2017: "English to
			 Speakers of Other Languages (5362)" - 155;
(c) Learning and Behavior Disorders, grades 8
			 - 12: "Special Education: Core Knowledge and Mild to Moderate Applications
			 (5543)" - 158;
(d) Literacy
			 Specialist: "Reading Specialist (5302)" - 165;
(e) Gifted Education, grades primary - 12:
			 "Gifted Education (5358)" - 157; or
(f) Reading Primary through Grade 12:
			 "Teaching Reading: K-12 (5206)" - 156.