Testing Requirements

 Teacher candidates are required to complete required assessments as part of their teacher preparation.  The following is an overview of the Educator Preparation Program's assessment requirements.

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• Content Knowledge  (only required if you content GPA is below a 3.0)
• • completed approximately one semester before student teaching
  • each content area has it's own unique requirements
  • must be completed before beginning student teaching
• Pedagogy
  • Student Teaching Performance Assessment (STPA)
    • attempted during student teaching
    • a performance based assessment