Education Law: Monthly Regulatory Update

November 09, 2011

The following rules have been posted by Maine state agencies. If you have any questions about these rules, please contact Sarah Newell in our Bangor office.

AGENCY: 05-071 - Department of Education (DOE)

CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 13, Qualifying Examinations of Teachers. Educational Specialists and Administrators

ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2011-369

CONCISE SUMMARY: The proposed changes to Ch. 13 stem from the regular regeneration (revision) process employed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Each Praxis exam undergoes regeneration every five years. ETS conducts a multistate standard setting study designed to assemble two separate groups of current practitioners who work for two to three days to review the validity and reliability of the test being regenerated. The end result is a recommended cut off score that is deemed appropriate for the just qualified candidate (JQC). Several of the tests required by the Maine Department of Education were recently regenerated, so our current Ch. 13 must be updated to reflect these changes.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 2011

AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Mark A. Cyr, Department of Education, Certification Office, 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023. Telephone: (207) 624-6855. E-mail: Mark.Cyr@Maine.gov.

WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/education/index.shtml.

DOE RULE-MAKING LIAISON: Greg.Scott@Maine.gov.