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News

• Exam Safety Net Updates | Posted 06/18/2018
  
  
  • Candidates may continue to take advantage of safety net(s) before the applicable expiration date(s); however, candidates do not have to complete all additional requirements for certification on or before June 30, 2018.
    
    
  • The safety net for Part Two (mathematics) of the Content Specialty Test Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7-12) was extended until such time that the revised Part Two mathematics portion of the exam becomes operational.
    
    
  • Effective July 1, 2018, candidates may take the revised Education Technology Specialist Content Specialty Test (CST) or the predecessor CST until June 30, 2019.
    
    
  • Candidates who do not receive a passing score on the Library Specialist edTPA may continue to use a passing score on the ATS-W exam until September 30, 2019.
    
    
• edTPA Multiple Measures Review Process | Posted 02/15/2018
  • Multiple Measures Review Process available to candidates who do not pass the edTPA on or after January 1, 2018 but score within two points of the passing score and can demonstrate that they are prepared to become a teacher of record.
    

• On October 17, 2017, the Board of Regents amended Subpart 80-6 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education relating to Registration and Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) | Posted 10/17/2017