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Feb 20 2012

Praxis Follow-Up and Realization

So I promised I would post a follow-up to my Praxis post.  I checked my Score Report and it turns out I was correct, unfortunately.  I passed within the top 15% of all test-takers with a raw score of a 39 out of 50 on the exam.  I needed a scaled-score of 141 to teach in Maryland and actually received a 169.  Bottom line: for this particular exam, people could have received as low as a raw score of 30 out of 50 and still received a passing score on this teacher certification exam.  That is SCARY to me!
But then I thought about it further and related it to the discrepancies that America is facing in terms of Math and Science.  Did my high school teachers in a upper-middle class school system have a grasp on mathematical concepts?  Ehh, debatable.  Now for the question that matters: Did they impart the…

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Feb 11 2012

Passed!

The Praxis II in Math Content (0061) is finally behind me.  I received notice that I had passed with ROE!  That actually startled me.  I was relieved and happy and even somewhat proud, but the reaction I received from other TFAers about the Praxis Exam was along the lines of “Good job! We knew you…

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Yuck.  That was excruciating. 50 multiple-choice mathematics questions within a two-hour time limit didn’t seem like too bad of a thing.  I thought I paced myself well, but took a bit longer than expected or recommended on one problem.  That sabotaged my poise for the remaining ten or so questions, and I had to rush through…

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So it begins.  This enormous electronic blank page is at my disposal to document my journeys through what some may call the “trenches” of American culture; where the dirty work is done, the long hours spent, the most casualties occur: education.  Education of others, education of myself, educational inequity, education reform, educational systems, education administration,…

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