PECT case studies
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The Pennsylvania Educator Certification Tests (PECT) are the assessments used in Pennsylvania's educator certification process, and the program also includes the Pre-service Academic Performance Assessment (PAPA) and a Dance test offered through the National Evaluation Series. Candidates typically meet the PECT when they are completing an educator preparation program or applying for a Pennsylvania certificate. The PECT case studies are 5 cases and about 3,281 words.
1The Rating That Dropped After an Absence
Okafor teaches a pre-K class of 18 four-year-olds. In October and again in February he rated each child 1–4 on the district social-emotional rubric.
668 words, about 3 min2Accurate but Slow: A Second Grader's Fluency Profile
Ruiz's second grade has 23 students. On the winter benchmark Devon read a grade-level passage at 42 correct words per minute with 97% accuracy; the class median is 68 words per minute.
691 words, about 3 min3Rhyme Time in Pre-K: Drill or Play?
Bell teaches 16 four-year-olds. A phonological awareness screener shows that 11 children can identify the first sound in a spoken word, three can produce a rhyme, and two - including Omar, a dual language learner who arrived in the United States seven months ago - cannot say whether two words rhyme.
611 words, about 3 min4The Exit Ticket That Says "6"
Patel's first grade has 19 students. The end-of-unit exit ticket asks students to draw 63 with tens and ones and to answer "What is the value of the 6 in 63?" Results: 15 students build 63 correctly with base-ten blocks or drawings, 11 of the 19 write "6" for the value of the digit, four write "60," and four answer correctly.
664 words, about 3 min5The Diorama as Summative Assessment
Tran's third grade has 25 students and 30 minutes of science and social studies instruction twice a week. For the communities unit, the summative task is to build a diorama of a community and give a five-sentence presentation.
647 words, about 3 min