Region 20 Education Service Center: Teacher Orientation and Preparation Program (TOPP)

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Comments on analysis

The program ensures that prior to becoming the teacher of record candidates

• complete at least one course that covers the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies.

However, candidates are not required to

• pass a rigorous standardized test on reading instruction.

This program's score for this standard has been imputed based on the nature of the information provided on its features across all standards. Based either on the absence of information one would expect to be provided in publicly available materials were features above present, or on the corroboration in information that is publicly available that its features do not rise to this level of adequacy, there is every indication that the program does not satisfy the standard.

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Comments on analysis

The program ensures that prior to becoming the teacher of record candidates pass a standardized assessment of elementary mathematics or a separately scored, elementary mathematics-specific section of a standardized assessment.

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Comments on analysis

The program ensures that prior to becoming the teacher of record candidates submit passing scores on ALL sections (English language arts, mathematics, social studies, science) of a rigorous standardized content exam with separate cut-scores provided for all subjects.