This document provides an agenda and information for a collaborative planning session on elementary and special education preparation programs. It discusses upcoming changes to licensure exam requirements in North Carolina, including information about a pilot program to test the new exams. Participants will receive updates on testing schedules and requirements, analyze practice test data, and collaborate with other institutions of higher education on ensuring candidates are prepared for the new exams and integrating arts across the curriculum as required by state law. It also provides details on the standard setting process to determine passing scores for the new licensure exams.

1. Elementary and Special Education
Preparation Programs
Collaborative Planning Session
2014 Spring IHE RESA Sessions
http://ihe.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Spring+2014+RESA

2. Today’s Agenda
• Testing Updates
• Revisit Stoplight Sort from Fall Sessions
• Practice Test Data Analysis & Reflecting on the Data
• Campus Collaboration
• Lunch
• IHE - Arts Education Collaboration

3. Outcomes
Participants will be able to:
• Receive updates related to K-6 licensure exam
requirements.
• collaborate with other IHE faculty to ensure candidates are
prepared for the new exams.
• collaborate with other IHE faculty to ensure candidates are
prepared to integrate arts across the curriculum as
required by NC General Statute.

4. Change in Effective Date
• New effective date – October 1, 2014 (SBE
approved in February)
• Summer 2014 graduates/completers will
continue to take current Praxis II exams.

5. NC Pilot
• DPI purchased 100 test registration codes
that will be distributed to IHEs across the
state in mid February.
• The codes are being distributed based on
Fall 2014 completer estimates provided by
IHEs to ensure a cross section of the state
is included when reviewing data for the
standard setting process.

6. Registration & Testing Schedule
Foundations of
Reading
General Curriculum
Online registration
begins
February 19, 2014
February 19, 2014
Test administration
begins
February 19, 2014
April 14, 2014
Testing Window for NC
Pilot registration codes
March 17 – May 10, 2014
April 14 – May 10, 2014

7. Standard Setting Process Update
Actions
Proposed Date
Recruitment of potential panel
members
March 2014
Selection & notification of panel
members
May – early June 2014
Standard Setting Conference
June 24-25, 2014 (Raleigh, NC)
Present recommended passing
scores to SBE
August 2014

8. Questions

9. For more information contact…
Rachel A. McBroom, Ph.D.
Director of Educator Preparation
rachel.mcbroom@dpi.nc.gov

10. Tell us what you think…
Provide feedback at the end of today’s session
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