table 1a year endorsement subject area/content cumulative

1. Content Knowledge

Below are the measures used specifically for addressing the content knowledge or teacher candidates at the University of

Nebraska–Lincoln.

Table 1A

Grade Point Average in the Content Area and Cumulative GPA

Year Endorsement Subject Area/Content

GPA

Cumulative GPA Total Students

2014-2015 Secondary

Education

3.49 3.56 95

Elementary

Education

3.43 3.57 125

Special

Education

3.82 3.68 59

Early

Childhood

3.81 3.70 25

Content area

2015-2016 Secondary Education

3.54250 3.55747 108

Elementary Education

3.36632 3.56379 153

Special Education

3.80480 3.64881 72

Early Childhood Education

3.74777 3.58203 40

Content area

Table 1B

Grade Point Average in the Content Area and Cumulative GPA

Year Code Subject

Area/Content

GPA

Cumulative

GPA

Total

Students

Notes

2014-

2015

BECE 3.21 2.79 1 Business & Cooperative Education

BMIT 3.35 3.32 6 Business, Marketing & Information Education

CYEC 3.85 3.74 18 Inclusive Early Childhood Education

CYFC 3.37 3.24 4 Family & Consumer Science Education 6-12

ECED 3.57 3.65 6 Elementary Education & Early Childhood Education

ELED 3.43 3.52 83 Elementary Education K-6

EMATH 3.25 3.61 13 Mathematics 7-12

ENGL 3.79 3.78 15 English

ESPAN 3.67 3.58 9 Spanish

LART 3.63 3.67 4 Language Arts

NTSC 3.50 3.64 12 Science (Field endorsement)

PHSC 3.67 3.78 1 Physics

SPEN ( 3.44 3.54 1 English and Speech ( old program)

SPM7 3.29 3.68 37 Elementary & Special Education K-6

SPM8 3.65 3.47 4 Special Education 7-12

SSCI 3.40 3.49 27 Social Science Education 7-12

2015-16

AEDU 3.45000 3.43140 10 Agriculture Education

CYEC 3.77413 3.62275 24 Inclusive Early Childhood Education

CYFC 3.64486 3.60000 7 Family & Consumer Science, 6-12

ECED 3.58122 9 Elementary Education & Early Childhood Education

ELAT 3.80000 3.68300 1 English/language Arts

ELED 3.36632 3.54869 103 Elementary Education

ENGL 3.66375 3.65475 12 English

ERSS 3.13100 3.09600 1 Earth and space Science

MATH 3.25427 3.48267 15 Math

MUED 3.57743 3.54290 21 Music Education

NTSC 3.13850 3.40900 4 Science (formerly natural science)(old endorsement)

SCIE 3.38650 3.52800 2 Science (new science endorsement)

SENG 4.00000 3.99000 1 Secondary English????

SPAN 3.77157 3.61343 7 Spanish

SPM7 3.63335 37 Elementary and Special Education, K-6

SPM8 3.87173 3.75764 11 Special Education, 7-12

SSCI 3.56767 3.59950 12 Social Science

Table 2A

Praxis II—September 2014—August 2015

Pass Rate Based on Nebraska Cut Score

Praxis II – September 2014 – August 2015


Endrsmnt Test

#

Cut

Scor

e

UN-L

N

UN-L

#

Passing

UN-L #

Failing

UN-L

%age

Pass

UN-L

Mean

Sta

te

N

State

%age

Pass

State

Mean

Natio

nal N

National

%age

Nation

al

Mean

Curr Sup. None

Principal 5411 145 1 1 0 100 123 93.5 163.85 2778 83.59 164.95

Supt 6021 152 1 1 0 100 163 26 96.15 167.23 637 96.39 168.15

Unified 5024 160 17 16 1 94.2 174.47 101 77.23 168.15 1917 78.87 167.57

Agric Ed 5701 147 19 18 1 94.74 166.53 20 95 166.65 436 95.64 167.52

BMIT 5101 154 8 8 0 100 174.25 36 100 174.64 1848 89.72 170.45

ELED 5017 153 151 142 9 94.04 170.66 803 90.78 167.94 4491 91.27 168.74

FACS 5122 153 12 7 5 58.33 158.42 17 58.82 160.00 630 77.46 160.21

ITE None

Math 5161 146 30 26 4 86.67 163.87 101 77.23 158.12 8090 65.7 153.20

Music 5114 152 20 20 0 100 173.90 61 88.52 164.28 1178 85.48 164.50

Science 5435 148 12 12 0 100 176.25 53 94.34 173.00 3091 81.11 163.75

Biology 5235 148 3 3 0 100 160.67 21 80.95 159.62 3910 83.43 162.16

Chemistry 5245 140 1 1 0 100 176.00 7 100 161.57 1582 84.39 159.79

Earth &

Space Sc

5571 147 2 2 0 100 162.00 3 67 157 816 84.44 164.48

Physics 5265 131 1 1 0 100 169 6 83.33 147.50 951 80.34 150.34

LA & Sec.

English

5039 168 22 18 4 81.82 175.86 109 76.15 173.33 2831 75.27 173.28

Soc. Sci. 5081 154 27 23 4 85.19 168 88 77.27 165.02 6037 79.41 165.57

SPED 5354 151 42 42 0 100 175.40 239 98.33 172.08 5825 95.91 171.85

SPED HH 5272 160 10 10 0 100 173.9 11 100 173.45 125 70.40 163.72

ECSE 5691 159 1 1 0 100 191 1 100 191 761 91.33 173.71

SPED V I 5282 163 1 1 0 100 167 1 100 167 169 73.96 167.24

SLPA 5331 162 13 11 2 84.62 173 35 91.43 174.51 8384 92.20 176.41

French 5174 162 1 1 0 100 168 5 80 175.20 482 69.92 169.59

German 5183 163 1 1 0 100 183 2 100 182 122 70.49 170.50

Latin 5601 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 84.62 175.30

Russian None

Spanish 5195 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100 178

School

Counslr

5421 156 0 0 0 0 0 31 96.76 169.97 3196 90.18 168.57

School

Psychlgst

5402 147 7 7 0 100 175.29 23 100 170.83 2633 97.27 169.02

TOTAL 403 373 30 92.56%

Table 2B

Praxis II—September 2015—August 2016


Endrsmnt Test

#

Cut

Scor

e

UN-L

N

UN-L

#

Passing

UN-L #

Failing

UN-L

%age

Pass

UN-L

Mean

Sta

te

N

State

%age

Pass

State

Mean

Natio

nal N

National

%age

Nation

al

Mean

Curr Sup. None

Principal 5411 145 21 20 1 95.24 171.33 286 98.25 166.33 3070 94.40 164.17

Supt 6021 152 3 3 0 100.00 171.67 27 100 169.59 658 94.68 168.32

Unified 5024 160 27 26 1 96.30 173.93 110 84.55 167.56 2450 79.63 167.25

Agric Ed 5701 147 5 5 0 100.00 170.00 7 100.00 167.29 398 96.98 168.69

BMIT 5101 154 6 5 1 83.33 172.33 35 97.14 174.31 1821 88.69 169.89

ELED 5017 153 197 190 7 96.45 171.98 849 94.35 168.85 4996 92.77 169.15

FACS 5122 153 20 19 1 95.00 165.65 31 96.77 164.48 1049 80.46 160.84

ITE None

Math 5161 146 25 22 3 88.00 166.32 102 86.27 159.63 7961 66.66 153.77

Music 5114 152 27 26 1 96.30 175.41 92 92.39 167.29 1191 85.14 164.58

Science 5435 148 15 15 0 100.00 175.87 53 98.11 175.34 2848 81.85 164.12

Biology 5235 148 13 12 1 92.31 165.23 31 93.55 164.65 3556 85.18 163.10

Chemistry 5245 140 3 2 1 66.67 159.67 6 83.33 165.33 1545 84.53 158.76

Earth &

Space Sc

5571 147 3 2 1 66.67 156 4 75.00 156.00 721 84.60 164.47

Physics 5265 131 2 2 0 100.00 167 9 100.00 165.11 844 81.52 150.77

LA & Sec.

English

5039 168 24 23 1 95.83 177.58 130 89.23 176.12 2943 76.79 173.51

Soc. Sci. 5081 154 18 18 0 100.00 170.06 90 90.00 169.38 5599 80.62 165.76

SPED 5354 151 52 52 0 100.00 176.49 316 99.68 173.80 5977 96.29 171.97

SPED HH 5272 160 2 2 0 100.00 176.00 7 100.00 170.14 136 88.97 168.82

ECSE 5691 159 7 7 0 100.00 184.29 8 100.00 182.85 816 93.01 173.88

SPED VI 5282 163 4 3 1 75.00 168.75 4 75.00 168.75 142 71.13 166.97

SLPA 5331 162 4 3 1 75.00 173.25 9 77.78 167.89 9013 93.38 176.21

French 5174 162 1 0 1 0 159.00 4 50.00 168.00 407 67.57 168.57

German 5183 163 2 2 0 100.00 197.5 3 100.00 186.33 116 66.38 171.88

Latin 5601 155 - - - - - 2 100.00 174.5 52 84.62 176.02

Russian None

Spanish 5195 156 9 6 3 66.67 161.89 36 72.22 166 1842 73.13 167.22

School

Counselor

5421 156 2 2 0 100.00 177.00 66 96.97 171.39 3327 89.93 168.90

School

Psychlgst

5402 147 11 11 0 100.00 178.00 38 100.00 170.66 2586 97.56 169.36

TOTAL 503 478 25 95.03%

Response from College of Education & Human Sciences Student Teaching Instrument Teacher Candidate Summative

Evaluation on Subject Matter Knowledge for the 2014-2015 Academic Year for Teaching in General (Item 1).

Table 3A

Item 1: Subject Matter Knowledge for Teaching in General

2014-2015

Subject Area Scoring

Year # Item Endorsement Unsatisfactory Basic Proficient Grand

Total

2014-

2015

1 Subject Matter

Knowledge for

Teaching in general.

Demonstrates

capacity to make

content knowledge

accessible to

students.

Early Childhood 0 0.0% 4 8.2% 45 91.8% 49

Elementary

Education

0 0% 0 0% 121 100% 121

Secondary

Education

0 0% 9 7.5% 111 92.5% 120

Special

Education

0 0% 5 10.2% 44 89.8% 49

Response from College of Education & Human Sciences Student Teaching Instrument Teacher Candidate Summative

Evaluation for the 2015-2016 Academic Year on Subject Matter Knowledge for Teaching (Item 3—Table 3B)—LIVETEXT

version.

Table 3B

Item 3: Subject Matter Knowledge for Teaching in General

2015-2016

Subject Area Scoring

Year # Item Endorsement Unacceptable Emergent Sufficient Advanced Grand

Total

2015-

2016

3 Subject Matter

Knowledge for

Teaching.

Subject matter

Knowledge for

Teaching. Make

content

knowledge

accessible for

students


0 0.00% 0 0.00% 13 38.24% 21 13.00% 34


0 0.00% 3 1.63% 71 38.59% 110 59.78% 184

Secondary Education

0 0.00% 4 4.60% 48 55.17% 35 40.23% 87

Special Education

0 0.00% 2 2.35% 29 34.12% 54 63.53% 85

Responses from First Year Administrator Survey: Preparation of Candidate to Teach Content Area.

Table 4

Standards 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 – Content Knowledge

Indicator Endorsement Rare Occasional Frequent Consistent

Grand

Information

Total

4.1 --The

teacher

understands the

central

concepts, tools

of inquiry, and

structures

of the

discipline(s)

s/he teaches.

2014-2015

Early Childhood 0.00% 1 14.29% 2 28.57% 4 57.14% 7

Elementary 0.00% 2 3.23% 22 35.48% 38 61.29% 62

Middle Grades 0.00% 0.00% 1 25.00% 3 75.00% 4

Content (Subject

Area)

Endorsements 0.00% 3 5.08% 17 28.81% 39 66.10% 59

Special Education 1 5.88% 1 5.88% 6 35.29% 9 52.94% 17

Total 1 0.67% 7 4.70% 48 32.21% 93 62.42% 149

2015-2016 Rare Occasional Frequent Consistent Total

Early Childhood 0.00% 0.00% 2 0.00% 2 0.00% 4

Elementary 1 1.89% 0.00% 27 50.94% 25 47.17% 53

Middle Grades 0.00% 0.00% 1 100.00% 0.00% 1

Content (Subject Area) Endorsements

0.00% 1 1.45% 25 36.23% 43 62.32% 69

Special Education 0.00% 2 10.00% 10 50.00% 8 40.00% 20

Total 1 0.68% 3 2.04% 65 44.22% 78 53.06% 147

4.2 The

teacher creates

learning

experiences that

make these

aspects of the

discipline

accessible and

meaningful for

students

to assure

mastery of

content.


Early Childhood 0.00% 1 14.29% 2 28.57% 4 57.14% 7

Elementary 0.00% 4 6.45% 24 38.71% 34 54.84% 62

Middle Grades 0.00% 0.00% 1 25.00% 3 75.00% 4

Content (Subject

Area)

Endorsements 0.00% 3 5.08% 24 40.68% 32 54.24% 59


Total 0.00% 11 7.38% 55 36.91% 83 55.70% 149


Early Childhood 0.00% 0.00% 2 0.00% 2 0.00% 4 Elementary 1 1.89% 3 5.66% 25 47.17% 24 45.28% 53

Middle Grades 0.00% 0.00% 1 100.00% 0.00% 1


0.00% 3 4.35% 25 36.23% 41 59.42% 69


Total

4.3 The

teacher

integrates

Nebraska

Content

Standards

and/or

professional

standards

within

instruction.


Early Childhood 0.00% 7 11.29% 2 28.57% 4 57.14% 7

Elementary 0.00% 0.00% 19 30.65% 36 58.06% 62

Middle Grades 0.00% 1 6.25% 1 25.00% 3 75.00% 4

Content (Subject

Area)

Endorsements

0.00% 1 14.29% 24 40.68% 32 54.24% 59

Special Education 1 6.25% 12 8.11% 6 37.50% 8 50.00% 16

Total 1 0.68% 1 14.29% 52 35.14% 83 56.08% 148


Early Childhood 0.00% 0.00% 1 0.00% 3 0.00% 4

Elementary 1 1.92% 0.00% 20 38.46% 31 59.62% 52 Middle Grades 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0


0.00% 2 2.90% 20 28.99% 47 68.12% 69


Total 1 0.69% 3 2.07% 50 34.48% 91 62.76% 145

Responses from First Year Candidate Survey: Items Related to Preparation to Teach Content Knowledge (Item 1) and

Prepared to Teach Content Area (Item 2).

Table 5

Item 1: Prepared to Teach Content Area

Year # Item Endorsement Strongly

Disagree

Disagre

e

Neither

Agree nor

Disagree

Agree Strongly

Agree

Grand

Total

2014

-

2015

1 I am well

prepared to

teach in my

content area.

Early

Childhood

Education

0 0% 0 0% 1 8.3% 9 75.0

%

2 16.7% 12

Elementary

Education

0 0% 3 6.1% 3 6.1% 3

0

61.2

%

13 26.5% 49

Secondary

Education

0 0% 1 2.0% 1 2.0% 3

3

67.3

%

14 28.6% 49

Special

Education

0 0% 2 9.5% 2 9.5% 1

1

52.4

%

6 28.6% 21

2015

-

2016

1 I am well

prepared to

teach in my

content area.

Early

Childhood

Education

0 0.00%

0 0.00%

1 12.50% 2 25.00%

5 62.50%

8

Elementary

Education

0 0.00%

1 2.00%

2 4.00% 30

60.00%

17 34.00%

50

Secondary

Education

0 0.00%

1 1.61%

4 6.45% 44

70.97%

13 20.97%

62

Special

Education

0 0.00%

0 0.00%

0 0.00% 15

68.18%

7 31.82%

22

Table 6

Item 2: Prepared to Teach Content Area

Year # Item Endorsement Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Neither

Agree nor

Disagree

Agree Strongly

Agree

Grand

Total

2014

-

2015

2 I am confident

in my level of

subject matter

knowledge.

Early

Childhood

Education

0 0% 0 0% 3 25.0% 7 58.3% 2 16.7% 12

Elementary

Education

0 0% 3 6.1% 4 8.2% 26 53.1% 16 32.7% 49

Secondary

Education

0 0% 0 0% 2 4.1% 27 55.1% 20 40.8% 49

Special

Education

0 0% 0 0% 3 14.3% 11 52.4% 7 33.3% 21

2015-

2016

2 I am confident

in my subject

matter

knowledge.


0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 12.50% 4 50.00% 3 37.50% 8


0 0.00% 1 2.00% 3 6.00% 26 52.00% 20 40.00% 50

Secondary Education

0 0.00% 0 0.00% 6 9.68% 31 50.00% 25 40.32% 62

Special Education

0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 4.55% 14 63.64% 7 31.82% 22

table 1a year endorsement subject area/content cumulative

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