Can an elementary teacher meet the Early Adolescence/Math content knowledge standards, to complete the assessment center exercises?
All candidates for any certificate must first thoroughly study the standards in the area for which they are applying. It is essential that candidates find the right “fit” for their teaching situation and can see just what they are being held to. In order to prepare for the assessment exercises, candidates must study Standard III: Knowledge of Mathematics. Teams of EA/Mathematics teachers working in collaboration with Educational Testing Service designed the EA/Mathematics questions. In addition, major contributors to the entire EA/Mathematics assessment were both math and non-math majors who were elementary trained. Non-math majors were also development team members, pilot participants, and formative scorers. An important point is that the assessment’s content is held to the NB MCEA/Math Standards document. The Standards are high and rigorous. They specifically say that accomplished math specialists know mathematics beyond what they teach. They also clearly delineate which areas of mat
