re: Praxis exam no longer requirement for teachers in Louisiana

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”Even though House Bill 546 was signed into law there has been no action taken by BESE to exempt the Praxis CORE requirement from teacher certification.
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At this time, the Praxis CORE is still required and must be satisfied for full certification”.

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BESE will change their policy, it's state law now.

This is what equity looks like.

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Lowering standards always results in improvement

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No standards are being lowered. If you already have a college degree you should not have to pass a standardized test to display college ability. You already did that earning your degree. Again many states do not require the hoops Louisiana has you jump through.

Louisiana will never see an improvement in education until it starts creating an environment that supports that improvement.

1. Recruit Better Quality Teachers and Pay Better
2. Trash the Teachers Union
3. Invest in Technology and Science resources.
4. Creating equitable access to resources across all districts.
5. Zero tolerance policy.

I’m a teacher in Bossier Parish who got an alternative certification through iTeach Louisiana. AKA Praxis.

This bothers me.

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He said it took him several attempts to pass the Praxis, and that he knows several others who couldn’t pass and moved on to other careers.

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This is more of an indictment on iTeach which is clearly not preparing their candidates for the Praxis.

There are three that you have to take. An initial entrance test that can be exempted if you had at least a 21 on your ACT, which I had. A subject matter test, and later a “final” which I passed the first time but I have known people that had to take it more than once.

The fact is, teaching in Louisiana is in crisis mode. If they could retain teachers, they wouldn’t have an issue. But because of shitty student and shitty administrators, most teachers don’t make it five years.

I knew back in the day when they first implemented that rule that it wouldn’t last; there are too many dumbasses that are unable to pass that test. I had a buddy who failed it 2 or 3 times and the school was pressuring him so the next time he took it, when he was filling in his info he put that he was black instead of white. Passed with flying colors.

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The fact is, teaching in Louisiana is in crisis mode. If they could retain teachers, they wouldn’t have an issue. But because of shitty student and shitty administrators, most teachers don’t make it five years.

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Yep, you would have to practically be a masochist to go into public education now. Standards for student behavior are almost gone altogether, as is the teacher’s authority in the classroom. It only takes a few defiant students to tear the process down, and they’ve created a huge amount of loopholes that prevent schools from getting rid of those students. The system is broken, and what it would take to fix it won’t be allowed because of politics.

IMO the Content test and PLT are much more important to determine if someone with a college degree is qualified and those aren’t going away.