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…
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…
read more »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…
read more »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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