Tests Only* Tests 10/25/2008 9/26/2008 10/3/2008 10/17/2008 N/A 11/24/2008 2/21/2009 1/23/2009 1/30/2009 2/13/2009 N/A 3/23/2009 5/16/2009 4/17/2009 4/24/2009 5/8/2009 N/A 6/15/2009 (Obtained from the TExES Preparation manual) TEST FRAMEWORK FIELD 103: FOR BILINGUAL GENERALIST EC—4 The test framework is on the educator standards for this field. The content covered by this test is organized into broad areas of content called domains. Each DOMAIN covers one or more of the educator standards for this field. Within each domain, the content is further defined by a set of COMPETENCIES. Each competency is composed of two major parts: 1. the which broadly defines what an entry-level educator in this field in competency statement, Texas public schools should know and be able to do, and 2. the which describe in greater detail the knowledge and skills eligible descriptive statements, for testing. The educator standards assessed within each domain are listed for reference at the beginning of the test framework, which begins on page 6. These are then followed by a complete set of the framework's competencies and descriptive statements. An example of a competency and its accompanying descriptive statements is provided on the next page Number of Domains 6 – Number of Competencies 31 – Number of questions 180 – Number of questions that count 160 – Time allowed to take the exam 5 hours – Domain I Bilingual Education (approximately Domain III Mathematics (approximately 9.5% of 37.5% of the test) the test) Domain II English Language Arts and Reading Domain IV Social Studies (approximately 9.5% of (approximately 25% of the test) the test) Domain V Science (approximately 9.5% of the test) Domain VI Fine Arts, Health, and Physical Education (approximately 9.5% of the test) Passing Scaled Score 240 –
Tests Only* Tests 10/25/2008 9/26/2008 10/3/2008 10/17/2008 N/A 11/24/2008 2/21/2009 1/23/2009 1/30/2009 2/13/2009 N/A 3/23/2009 5/16/2009 4/17/2009 4/24/2009 5/8/2009 N/A 6/15/2009 (Obtained from the TExES Preparation manual) TEST FRAMEWORK FOR FIELD 103: BILINGUAL GENERALIST EC—4 The test framework is on the educator standards for this field. The content covered by this test is organized into broad areas of content called domains. Each DOMAIN covers one or more of the educator standards for this field. Within each domain, the content is further defined by a set of COMPETENCIES. Each competency is composed of two major parts: 1. the competency statement, which broadly defines what an entry-level educator in this field in Texas public schools should know and be able to do, and 2. the descriptive statements, which describe in greater detail the knowledge and skills eligible for testing. The educator standards assessed within each domain are listed for reference at the beginning of the test framework, which begins on page 6. These are then followed by a complete set of the framework's competencies and descriptive statements. An example of a competency and its accompanying descriptive statements is provided on the next page Number of Domains – 6 Number of Competencies – 31 Number of questions – 180 Number of questions that count – 160 Time allowed to take the exam – 5 hours Domain I Bilingual Education (approximately 37.5% of the test) Domain III Mathematics (approximately 9.5% of the test) Domain II English Language Arts and Reading (approximately 25% of the test) Domain IV Social Studies (approximately 9.5% of the test) Domain V Science (approximately 9.5% of the test) Domain VI Fine Arts, Health, and Physical Education (approximately 9.5% of the test) Passing Scaled Score – 240
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