What are some of the major differences between Rules 2002 and REPA?
Most of the content areas found in Rules 2002 will continue to be available under REPA, but there are some exceptions. The content areas of reading specialist, bilingual/bicultural, elementary generalist: primary, elementary generalist: intermediate, pre-school generalist, early adolescent generalist, and social studies other than high school are not available under REPA. Under REPA, licenses are available in five grade configurations: P-3 (pre-K through grade 3), K-6, 5-9, 5-12, and P-12 (pre-K through grade 12). A REPA license will show what grade levels the license holder is eligible to teach for each content area. This is different than Rules 2002, which indicated a school setting rather than grade coverage. Another major difference between Rules 2002 and REPA is that educators have the option of adding new content areas to existing licenses through either completing coursework and the appropriate test (the more traditional route) or by simply passing the Praxis II content test. Th
