BEGINNING TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF EDUCATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: A SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA EDUCATORS

Abstract

This report presents the resufts of a study in which one of the job analysis surveys for the Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for the Beginning Teacher was administered to teachers and teacher educators in California. The purpose of this special administration was to determine if the multidisciplinary content in the test form (Form 1 of Education in the Elementary School) was determined to be important for newly licensed California elementary school teachers. Responses were received from 125 teachers and 57 teacher educators. Frequency distributions across background information categories, mean importance ratings by relevant subgroup, and correlations of mean importance ratings within subgroups were determined. Forty-two knowledge statements (297. of the inventory) were rated below the designated cut poi.pt, but the remaining 103 were considered appropriate for the development of test specifications. Appendixes present the instrument and other forms used in the study and some supplemental infc -.tion. (Contains six tables and five references.) (SLD) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** SERIES Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers' Beginning Teacher Knowledge of Education in the Elementary School: A Survey of California Educators Anne Reynolds Michael Rosenfeld U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office ot Educatoonsf Research nd amotouernm EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Tms document has been reCgodoCKI .ecvned from th person or orgenolatiOn otogonstonit 0 C Mutts, changes nave been made to orOlOv oeotoduction Quality Points o clew o oponoons slted on thmtlOCr menl do not necessatoy motosent 011101 PERI yosotiOn Or DObcy PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MAI[PIA1 HAS BEEN GRANTED BY September 1992 RR. 92-70 10 THE EDUCATIONAL RI SOURCES INFORMAT ION C ENTER tERICI Educational Testing Sen ice