Table 1.4: Mean Scores for Teacher Work Sample

Fall 2005 / Spring 2005
Mean (n) / SD / Mean (n) / SD

Elementary K-8

/ 4.30 (11) / .55 / 3.948 (33) / .939
Early Childhood / * / * / 3.3 (3) / 1.153
Middle Grades / - / - / 2.6 (2) / 1.556
Mild/Moderate K-12 / * / * / - / -
PE/Health Elem. Levels / - / - / - / -
Pre-School Handicap / - / - / - / -
Vocal Music K-8 / * / * / - / -

Total Elementary

/ 4.30 (11) / .55 / 3.948 (33) / .939

Art K-12

/ * / * / 3.8(2) / .283
Biology 7-12 / - / - / - / -
FCS 7-12 / - / - / - / -
ITE 7-12 / - / - / 3.6 (2) / 0
Lang Arts/English 7-12 / 4.71 (4) / .42 / 2.833 (5) / 1.71
Math Secondary Levels / * / * / 4.65 (3) / .495
Mild/Moderate K-12 / - / - / * / *
Music K-12 / - / - / 4.45(4) / .443
PE/Health Sec. Levels / 3.45 (5) / .25 / 3.75 (6) / .954
Physical Sciences / - / - / - / -
Soc. Sci./History 7-12 / * / * / 3.98 (5) / .416
Spanish 7-12 / - / - / - / -
Voc/Basic Business / * / * / - / -
Total Secondary / 3.99 (11) / .78 / 3.936 (25) / .918
OVERALL / 4.14( 22) / .67 / 3.943 (58) / .922

Scale: Exemplary, 5; Proficient, 4; Acceptable, 3; Unacceptable, 0.

*Represents only one graduate; due to confidentiality reasons, we cannot then release this information. However, this score is computed in the overall mean..

-Represents no graduates.

IMPORTANT – The numbers in the above cells may not match the totals because of students that earned multiple endorsements.

PE/Health Elem. Levels includes PE/Health 4-9 and PE Subject K-6.

Middle Grades includes Middle Grades and Social Science 4-9.

Lang Arts/English 7-12 includes Language Arts 7-12 and English 7-12.

Voc/Basic Business includes Vocational Business and Basic Business.

Math Secondary Levels includes Math 7-12 and K-12.

Soc. Sci./History 7-12 includes Social Science 7-12, History 7-12,

Sociology/Anthropology, Geography, and Political Science

PE/Health Sec. Levels includes PE/Health K-12 and PE 7-12.

Physical Sciences includes Physical Sciences K-12, Chemistry, and Physics.