Candidate competency at completion
(R3.3) Data provided should relate to measures the EPP is using to determine if candidates are meeting program expectations and ready to be recommended for licensure. (E.g.: EPP's Title II report, data that reflect the ability of EPP candidates to meet licensing and state requirements or other measures the EPP uses to determine candidate competency at completion.)
Measure Three (Initial and Advanced)
Data for the 2021-2022 academic year graduates on the Praxis Subject Assessments is reported below to represent the candidate quality at completion for the initial programs as well as the School Psychology and K12 Administration program. 98% of graduating students passed the appropriate Praxis test. The median test score data was taken from appropriate ETS publications on test scores.
|
Test |
Program |
N |
W&M Average |
Median Test Taker Score |
|
Praxis Biology |
Initial |
6 |
161 |
163 |
|
Praxis Chemistry |
Initial |
1 |
* |
160 |
|
Praxis Earth Science |
Initial |
1 |
* |
163 |
|
Praxis English |
Initial |
10 |
188 |
179 |
|
Praxis Math |
Initial |
1 |
* |
** |
|
Praxis Physics |
Initial |
3 |
167 |
153 |
|
Praxis School Psych |
Advanced – School Psychology |
13 |
171 |
168 |
|
Praxis Social Studies |
Initial |
10 |
182 |
167 |
|
Praxis Elementary Reading |
Initial |
19 |
182 |
170 |
|
Praxis Elementary Math |
Initial |
19 |
184 |
173 |
|
Praxis Elementary Social Studies |
Initial |
19 |
183 |
165 |
|
Praxis Elementary Science |
Initial |
19 |
182 |
169 |
|
Praxis ESL |
Initial |
15 |
185 |
177 |
|
SLLA |
Advanced – K12 Admin |
18 |
176 |
171 |
|
Reading for Virginia Educators |
|
20 |
187 |
175 |
|
Reading Specialist |
Advanced |
16 |
188 |
185 |
*Too few students to report publicly. Data suppressed to protect student privacy.
** No median reported
School Counseling
The School Counseling program has designed an instrument to measure counseling competencies on exit from the program, the Counselor Education Comprehensive Exam. We piloted this instrument during the summer and fall of 2022. This instrument will be launched this semester, and data collected.
The School Counseling program measured competencies of students during their internship; the final field experience before the student graduates. This EPP-created assessment measures student competency in 17 general counseling areas and 15 specific school counseling areas. On average, students performed at the proficient level for all rubric elements, except for classroom management, for which the mean score was between performance associated with developing skills and proficient skills. All counseling students performed particularly high in the areas of Listening Skills and Therapeutic Relationships, and school counseling students performed particularly well in the areas of Individual Counseling, Collaboration, and consultation.
