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Title 5-DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Division 80-Teacher Quality and Urban Education
Chapter 800-Educator Certification
 

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5 CSR 80-800.380 Required Assessments for Professional Education Certification in Missouri

PURPOSE: The State Board of Education is authorized to grant certificates of license to teach in any of the public schools of the state and to establish requirements and qualifications for those certificates. This rule establishes required assessments for individuals applying for an initial or additional certificate of license to teach.

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(1) Each applicant seeking a Missouri certificate of license to teach will successfully complete an exit assessment to measure the applicant’s competency in subject matter, pedagogical knowledge, or both, prior to being granted the certificate. An exemption exists if the applicant holds a valid certificate of license to teach from another state.

(A) The State Board of Education (board) has selected the Praxis II: Content Knowledge or Specialty Area assessments and the Principles of Learning and Teaching assessments developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) as the exit assessments for certificates of license to teach. Qualifying scores are established by the board and published by ETS for each assessment designated for an area of certification.

1. Applicants seeking initial certificates of license to teach must complete and achieve a Missouri qualifying score in the content knowledge or specialty area assessment in their major area of preparation or the appropriate principles of learning and teaching assessment if no content knowledge or specialty area assessment is designated, except in the areas of special education, student services, and administration (see Appendix A, which is included herein).

2. Applicants holding a valid Missouri professional or life certificate of license to teach in a content area who are seeking an additional certificate(s) of license to teach in another content area(s), will receive the additional certificate(s) upon meeting either of the following conditions:

A. Complete and achieve a Missouri qualifying score for the Praxis II content knowledge or specialty area assessment designated for the certificate of license to teach, except for the areas of unified science, special education other than mild/moderate cross-categorical disabilities, student services, administration, career education, and adult education and literacy; or

B. Successfully complete the applicable certification requirements as set forth in the Compendium of Missouri Certification Requirements (compendium), which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule. Anyone interested in viewing or requesting a copy of the compendium, published by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (revised June 2007), may contact the Educator Certification Section, 205 Jefferson Street, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.

3. Applicants holding a valid Missouri professional or life certificate of license to teach in a secondary content area who are seeking additional certification for middle school in the same content area, will receive the additional certification upon meeting either of the following conditions:

A. Complete and achieve a Missouri qualifying score for the Praxis II: Principles of Learning and Teaching, grades five through nine (5-9), assessment; or

B. Successfully complete the applicable certification requirements for middle school education, grades five through nine (5-9), as set forth in the compendium.

(B) In addition to the previously described assessments, the board will accept successful completion of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) assessment as meeting the exit assessment requirement for Missouri. Therefore, applicants seeking a Missouri certificate of license to teach having certification granted by the NBPTS are not required to take the exit assessment designated by the board in the content area for which they hold NBPTS certification.

(C) The board has selected the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) developed by ETS to assess the attainment of competencies required for the building-level administrator certificate of license to teach (see Appendix A). A minimum qualifying score for this assessment is established by the board.

(D) The board has selected the School Superintendent Assessment (SSA) developed by ETS to assess the attainment of competencies required for the district-level administrator certificate of license to teach (see Appendix A). A minimum qualifying score for this assessment is established by the board.

(E) Applicants seeking a Missouri certificate of license to teach shall have their assessment score(s) reported to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by the authorized testing agency and on their application for initial certification from the college/university recommending the applicant for their certificate of license to teach, if appropriate.

(2) Applicants seeking a certificate of license to teach in a career education area, adult education and literacy, substitute and/or temporary authorization certificate of license to teach may not be required to take an exit assessment prior to the issuance of the certificate of license to teach.

(3) Applicants holding a temporary authorization certificate of license to teach who have not completed a state-approved teacher preparation program shall complete and achieve the Missouri qualifying scores for both the Praxis II content knowledge or specialty area assessment for the content area and the Praxis II Principles of Learning and Teaching for the specific grade ranges prior to advancement to a professional classification certificate of license to teach (see Appendix A).

APPENDIX A

ASSESSMENTS DESIGNATED FOR CERTIFICATION IN MISSOURI

The Praxis® assessments listed below have been designated by the State Board of Education to fulfill the assessment requirement for certification in Missouri. The assessments are listed beside the certificates to which they correspond.  

Missouri Certificate of License to Teach

Test
Code

Designated Assessment

Early Childhood Education, Birth – Grade 3

20021

Education of Young Children

Early Childhood Special Education, Birth – Grade 3

10690

Special Education: Preschool/Early Childhood

Elementary Education, Grades 1-6

10011

Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Middle School Education, Grades 5-9

-

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Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Science
Other Middle School Subject Areas

10049
20069
10439
20089
30523

MS English-Language Arts:  Content Knowledge
MS Mathematics:  Content Knowledge
MS Science:  Content Knowledge
MS Social Studies:  Content Knowledge
Principles of Learning and Teaching, Grades 5-9

Secondary Education, Grades 9-12 (except as noted)

-

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Agriculture
Art K-12, 9-12
Business Education
English

Family and Consumer Sciences
Foreign Language:  K-12
  French K-12
  German K-12
  Spanish K-12
Health K-12, 9-12
Industrial Technology
Library Media Specialist, K-12
Marketing and Distributive Education
Mathematics
Music:  Instrumental, Vocal K-12
Physical Education K-9, K-12, 9-12
Science:
  Biology
  Chemistry
  Earth Science
  General Science
  Physics
Social Science

10700
10133
10100
10041

10120

20173
20181
10191
20550
10050
10310
10560
10061
10113
10091

20235
20245
20571
10435
10265
10081

Agriculture
Art:  Content Knowledge
Business Education
English Language, Literature and Composition:  Content Knowledge
Family and Consumer Science

French:  Content Knowledge
German:  Content Knowledge
Spanish:  Content Knowledge
Health Education
Technology Education
Library Media Specialist
Marketing Education
Mathematics:  Content Knowledge
Music:  Content Knowledge
Physical Education:  Content Knowledge

Biology:  Content Knowledge
Chemistry:  Content Knowledge
Earth Science:  Content Knowledge
General Science:  Content Knowledge
Physics:  Content Knowledge
Social Studies:  Content Knowledge

Special Education, K-12

   

Blind and Partially Sighted1
Deaf and Hearing Impaired1
Mild-Moderate Disabilities:  Learning Disabled, Behavioral Disordered,    Mentally Handicapped, or Physical and Other Health Impairments1

10280
10271
20353

Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Education of Exceptional Students:  Core Content Knowledge

Mild-Moderate Cross-Categorical Disabilities

20353
and
10542

Education of Exceptional Students:  Core Content Knowledge
Education of Exceptional Students:  Mild to Moderate Disabilities

Severely Developmentally Disabled1

20353
and
10544

Education of Exceptional Students:  Core Content Knowledge
Education of Exceptional Students:  Severe to Profound Disabilities

Speech/Theatre

10220

Speech Communication

Speech and Language Pathologist K-123

20330

Speech-Language Pathology

Unified Science2

-

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Biology
Chemistry
Earth Science
Physics

20235
20245
20571
10265

Biology:  Content Knowledge
Chemistry:  Content Knowledge
Earth Science:  Content Knowledge
Physics:  Content Knowledge

K-12 or 9-12 teaching certification for which no specialty area assessment or content knowledge assessment is designated and a Temporary Authorization Certificate (TAC) of License to Teach

30524

Principles of Learning and Teaching, Grades 7-12

School Counselor K-8, 7-123

20420

School Guidance and Counseling

School Psychologist K-123

10400

School Psychologist

Building-Level Administrator3
  Principal K-8, 5-9, 9-12
  Special Education Administrator K-12
  Career Education Director

11010

School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA)

District-Level Administrator (Superintendent) K-122

11020

School Superintendent Assessment (SSA)

     

1. Not available by completion of the designated assessment only; also requires completion of a program of study in special education with the area of specialization from a state-approved institution.

2. Not available by completion of the designated assessment only; also requires completion of a program of study in the unified science core with the area of specialization from a state-approved institution.

3. Not available by completion of the designated assessment only; also requires completion of a program of study and a recommendation from a state-approved institution.

AUTHORITY:  sections 161.092, 168.021, 168.071, 168.081 and 168.400, RSMo Supp. 2006 and 168.011, 168.405 and 168.409, RSMo 2000.*  Original rule filed April 26, 2000, effective Nov. 30, 2000.  Amended:  Filed March 27, 2001, effective Oct. 30, 2001.  Amended:  Filed March 1, 2002, effective Sept. 30, 2002.  Amended:  Filed Aug. 13, 2002, effective March 30, 2003.  Amended:  Filed Sept. 12, 2003, effective April 30, 2004. Amended: Filed Sept. 22, 2004, effective April 30, 2005. Amended: Filed June 30, 2005, effective Jan. 30, 2006.  Amended:  Filed April 4, 2007, effective Nov. 30, 2007.

*Original authority:  161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002, 2003; 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.021, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2003; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003; 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984, 2002; 168.400, RSMo 1985, amended 1990, 2002; 168.405, RSMo 1985; and 168.409, RSMo 1985.  


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