Section Ed 505.01 - Basic Academic Skills and Subject Area Assessment(a) Except as described in paragraph (g), each candidate seeking an initial teacher or instructional specialist license under one of the pathways listed below shall pass a basic academic skills assessment, including, but not limited to, the praxis core academic skills for educators administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS) or comparable out of state test as determined by the bureau.(b) Each candidate seeking licensure in any endorsement area for which the board has adopted a subject assessment test cut score shall pass that subject assessment test, or comparable out of state test as determined by the bureau, to measure the test taker's knowledge of the specific subject area of a concentration in which the test taker seeks an educator license.(c) The board shall either: (1) Adopt the national cut scores for the praxis core academic skills for educators and all subject assessments in accordance with (a) and (b); or(2) Request that the department conduct a validation study for any subject assessment for reasons including, but not limited to: a. There is no established national cut score for a given subject area; andb. To determine, through stakeholder engagement, that the national score accurately reflects NH goals.(d) Validation studies shall include input from:(2) Teacher education institutions; and(3) New Hampshire teachers with experience as an educator in the test areas.(e) The entities described in (d)(1)-(3) above shall provide input and recommendations regarding: (1) Test specifications appropriate for New Hampshire;(2) Which assessments are appropriate for New Hampshire; and(3) Passing scores on tests for New Hampshire.(f) The board shall accept, in lieu of (a) above, performance at or above the 50 percentile on a nationally-recognized basic academic skills test in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics, including, but not limited to: (1) The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) administered by the College Board;(2) The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) administered by ETS; and(3) The ACT administered by ACT.(g) A candidate for a career and technical education (CTE) specialty area license may substitute the following in lieu of a nationally recognized test of academic proficiency required by (a): (1) Three years of full-time experience in the area for which the license is sought; and(2) Current industry-recognized credential approved by the department in a published list of accepted credentials appropriate to the CTE area in which a license is sought.(h) Candidates shall be responsible for the actual cost of all assessments.(i) A candidate may take a basic academic skills assessment or the subject area assessment as often as they are administered until the candidate passes the assessment.N.H. Code Admin. R. Ed 505.01
#2055, eff 6-16-82; ss by #2714, eff 5-16-84; ss by #4851, eff 6-25-90; EXPIRED 6-25-96
New. #6349, eff 10-5-96, EXPIRED: 10-5-04
New. #8194, eff 10-26-04; ss by #9992, eff 9-16-11
Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 46, November 14, 2019, Proposed by #12897, Effective 10/11/2019, Expires 4/8/2020.Amended by Volume XL Number 41, Filed October 8, 2020, Proposed by # 13101, Effective 10/5/2020, Expires 10/5/2030.