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Illinois
Certification Testing System
Pre-registration
is Required.
Registration
is completed by mail or over the internet through National Evaluation
Systems. Registration materials may be picked up in the Dean’s
Office, College of Education & Professional Studies or at
your local Regional Office of Education or viewed over the internet
at www.icts.nesinc.com
. Tests are offered at numerous sites across the State.
Below is
a listing from the ICTS website (as of May 10, 2004) with upcoming
testing dates for 2004-2005. Please visit the official
Illinois Certification Testing System Website for registration
information at:
www.icts.nesinc.com
Information
about Required Tests
Basic
Skills Test
Must be passed for admission to teacher education. For students
admitted under the old selection process, they must pass the
Basic Skills Test prior to beginning Student Teaching. No student
can begin student teaching without passing the Basic Skills
test.
Content
Area/Subject Matter Knowledge Test
Beginning Fall 2004, no student in the State of Illinois can
begin student teaching without first passing the content area/subject
matter knowledge test. The Revised Content Area/Subject Matter
Knowledge Tests will be introduced in July 2004.
Assessment
of Professional Teaching
Passage of the appropriate version of this test is required
of all candidates in order to receive a teaching certificate.
Middle
Grades Endorsements
Unless you have a K-12 Certificate, you must have a Middle
Grades Endorsement on either your Elementary or Secondary Certificate
in order to teach grades 6-8. To become eligible for this endorsement
you must complete the required number of hours in the specific
content field(s) and complete courses focused on teaching in
the middle grades. At EIU, the undergraduate courses are:
MLE 3110
MLE 4280
MLE 4760
If you do not wish to take these courses immediately you may
wait and add the endorsement by taking specific courses (either
through EIU or another institution) at a later time. Post-baccalaureate
teacher certification candidates or graduate students seeking
to add the endorsement can choose to take MLE 5110 and MLE 5150
instead.
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