In October 1998, Congress voiced its concern for the quality of teacher preparation by enacting Title II of the Higher Education Act (HEA). Title II includes new accountability measures in the form of new reporting requirements for institutions and states on teacher preparation and licensing. Section 207 of Title II requires the annual peparation and submission of three reports on teacher preparation and licensing: one from institutions to states, a second from states to the Secretary of Education, and a third for the Secretary to give Congress and the public. By law, these reports must be submitted annually. For the first reporting cycle, the Oral Roberts University College of Education was required to submit our report to the State of Oklahoma no later than April 7, 2001.
The report consisted of the passing and failure rates of students who have completed their teacher preparation program at ORU and have taken the Oklahoma Teacher Certification Examinations. The Oklahoma law requires that teacher candidates entering the teaching profession receive an initial license only after passing the following exams:
- OGET - the Oklahoma General Education Test
- OSAT - The Oklahoma Subject Area Test
- OPTE - The Oklahoma Professional Teaching Examination
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After the state aggregated the data from the twenty higher education units of teacher preparation located in the state of Oklahoma, the Unit received the results of the Oklahoma Title II Report. The Oral Roberts University College of Education had an aggregated pass rate of 98%. According to the Title II ranking system this pass rate places the Oral Roberts University College of Education in the first quartile among the Oklahoma Higher Education Institutions for teacher preparation. These scores will be reported to the U.S. Department of Education to be released as part of the National Title II Report Card.
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