Bill Text: IL HR1156 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Encourages the State Board of Education to look at counting student teaching experience, and program requirements and curriculum for teacher licensure, instead of the edTPA and the APT.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR1156 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1156-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In order to become a certified teacher in | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois, a student must pass a performance-based assessment | ||||||
| 4 | known as the edTPA; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, On top of the cost of tuition, the basic skills | ||||||
| 6 | exam, and other certification
requirements, this is an unproven | ||||||
| 7 | and restrictive exam administered by Pearson
Education, Inc.; | ||||||
| 8 | in addition, there is a $300 fee for taking the edTPA; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The edTPA takes away from the classroom | ||||||
| 10 | experience, the most valid part of the
student teaching | ||||||
| 11 | process, and student teachers are already observed by no less | ||||||
| 12 | than three
educational professionals during classroom time; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Preparation for the edTPA can take time away from | ||||||
| 15 | the normal curriculum
and can detract from the overall | ||||||
| 16 | student-teaching experience, shifting the focus from learning | ||||||
| 17 | to
teaching to pass a test; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Previously, The State Board of Education required | ||||||
| 19 | the APT licensure, another teacher licensure for which there | ||||||
| 20 | was no research or evidence to support that it was
a reliable | ||||||
| 21 | method for evaluating or choosing teacher candidates; | ||||||
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| 1 | therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 4 | encourage the State Board of Education to heavily look at | ||||||
| 5 | counting student teaching experience, and program requirements | ||||||
| 6 | and curriculum for teacher licensure, instead of the edTPA and | ||||||
| 7 | the APT; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | delivered to the State Superintendent, the
Illinois State Board | ||||||
| 10 | of Education, and Pearson Education.
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