CBEST Exam Workshop at CSU Stanislaus Campus

The CBEST exam is quickly approaching! The CBEST test date is February 9th. California State Univeristy, Stanislaus, Tutoring Center is offering a teacher preparation workshop for those preparing for the CBEST. The workshop will be held Feb. 4-8 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. each day.
The workshops “are designed to qualify student teachers for jobs and will focus on mathematics and tutorials on reading and writing skills.” There is a fee of $100 and includes 20 hours of review and instruction. This is an excellent opportunity if you are in the area and can attend the workshop.

For more information on this workshop, contact the USC Stanislaus campus web site or visit the source of this post in the Modesto Bee.

CBEST Exam and CSET, NCLB – Impact on Teacher Education

Laurie Hansen has written an interesting article at the Foundations of Education blog about the CBEST exam and CSET as they relate to No Child Left Behind (NCLB). She mentions a brief history of each assessment as well as interesting comments on NCLB’s impact on teacher education. “I agree with Weber that this type of bureaucratization both serves as a sorting mechanism or gatekeeper and as a way to de-personalize the teaching institution. Whereas before individual cases were considered vis-a-vis the options of examination or coursework, now there it is simply a matter of you pass the test or you don’t.”

For more information on the CBEST and CSET, read the entire blog post here.

Pearson awarded 3-Year Contract to continue managing CBEST Test

Pearson announced today that it has been awarded a three-year contract to continue managing teaching certification testing for the state of California.

“The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing recognizes that when we put excellent educators in our state’s classrooms, we are ensuring that our children will receive a high-quality education,” said Dale Janssen, executive director. “We look forward to continuing to collaborate with the Evaluation Systems group of Pearson to promote educational excellence in California through our rigorous program of certification exams, measuring both basic skills and a wide variety of subject area competencies.”

For more information read the entire Press Release from Pearson.