What are key facts?
What are key facts?
- Test developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). This will be an academic assessment of knowledge of, and the ability to assist in instructing, reading, writing, and mathematics.
- The ParaPro assessment will be delivered in two formats/delivery methods: (1) paper and pencil assessment provided 6 times a year and (2) on demand via the internet at participating school districts.
- Test developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). This will be an academic assessment of knowledge of, and the ability to assist in instructing, reading, writing, and mathematics.
- The ParaPro assessment will be delivered in two formats/delivery methods: (1) paper and pencil assessment provided 6 times a year and (2) on demand via the internet at participating school districts.
- At the beginning of the test, there is a 30 minute tutorial to help people get oriented to taking a test on the computer. This is followed by the actual test that takes lasts 2.5 hours. The assessment has 90 items. It is a continuous test. This means that persons taking the test can go back and forth among sections of the test while they are taking it regardless of the delivery method.
- The test will yield one overall score which will be the score used to determining passage. The test will also yield 6 sub-scores – 3 related to content knowledge and 3 related to application of knowledge and skills to classroom instruction. This will assist the person taking the test to assess his/her strengths and needs and, if needed, target areas of remediation if they need to retake the test.
- The RI Department of Education will be represented by a team of RI teachers and teacher assistants in a standard setting process that will be carried out by ETS in Fall 2002. The resulting state standard score (passing score) will be recommended to the Board of Regents. It is anticipated that the Board of Regents will adopt the state standard score by the some time after the first of the year (2003).
- ETS recommends that an individual wishing to retake the test wait 30 days to allow time for that individual to access some type of remediation to help them be better prepared.
- The test is available only in English.
- Cost - $40