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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TITLE II REPORT RELEASED ON

QUALITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION AT WSC

(Worcester, MA – April 25, 2003)  According to the Worcester State College (WSC) Title II Report, teacher education students had a total pass rate of 99 percent on the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) for the academic year 2001-2002.  In basic skills, the aggregate pass rate for WSC was 99% and the statewide pass rate was 95%.  In subject areas, the aggregate pass rate for WSC was 100% and the statewide pass rate was 93%.  The summary and total pass rate for WSC was 99% and statewide it was 91%.

“Under federal guidelines, pass rates are made available only for programs in which there are ten or more students.  We did not have ten students in the content areas for the middle and secondary school preparation programs, so no pass rates are reported.  However, all students who took these middle and secondary content area tests for program completion passed, giving Worcester State College students an aggregate pass rate for the content area exams of 100%.,” said Elaine Tateronis, Ph.D., chair of the Education Department at WSC.

“These excellent scores that Worcester State College students achieved underscore the commitment of the students and the College to be second to none in teacher preparation,” said WSC President Janelle C. Ashley.  “A great challenge faces these graduates as they enter their chosen career.  We are confident that they will set the bar even higher.”

During the 2001-2002 academic year, 748 total students were enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs at WSC leading to some kind of licensure.  During that same year, 72 students who qualified as “program completers,” participated in undergraduate student teaching, with a ratio of student teachers to supervisors as 10 to 1. 

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