In order to be at least conditionally admitted to the Teacher Certification Program, candidates must complete items 1 - 4 below. Conditional admittance is only allowed for one quarter (and is by permission of the Teacher Certification office), then the candidate must move to full admission. To be fully admitted to the Teacher Certification Program, candidates must successfully complete all items listed below.
Incomplete applications will not be accepted, therefore, will be returned to the candidate. In order for an application to be accepted by the Teacher Certification Program, items 2-4 listed below must be submitted together.
Admission Requirements are as follows:
SUBJECT |
WEST-B SCORE Info on the WEST-B can be found online at www.west.nesinc.com |
SAT SCORE |
ACT SCORE |
MATH | PASS (240+) | 515 (prior to 3/2016) 27.5 (after 3/2016) | 22 |
READING | PASS (240+) | 500 (prior to 3/2016) 27 (after 3/2016) | 22 |
WRITING | PASS (240+) | 490 (prior to 3/2016) 28 (after 3/2016) | 8 (2/2005 to 8/2015) 23 (9/2015 - 8/2016) 8 (9/2016) |
The SAT writing test was added in 2005. This means no writing score will be accepted for SAT before 2005. SAT Score reports prior to October 2004 will have "verbal" scores which are the critical reading scores. If the score reports are from October 1996 to September 2004, then the verbal scores are the same as the reading scores beyond 2004. Use those scores to see if the candidate has satisfied the requirement. SAT scores that equal or exceed the cut scores in the table above meet the entrance criteria, regardless of when the test was taken. SAT October 2004 and later score reports will have critical reading, mathematics and writing scores listed if the candidate took the tests. SAT new test started administration March 2016. Concordance Table used to determine new scores for candidates taking new SAT test. All ACT scores that equal or exceed the cut scores in the table above meet the entrance criteria, regardless of when the test was taken. ACT Writing was added Feb. 2005 so no ACT writing score will be accepted before Feb. 2005. ACT Reading was added Oct. 1989. No ACT reading score will be accepted before Oct. 1989. ACT Writing subsection was updated and a new version was administered September 2015. (see score as of 9/2015) ACT Writing subsection test has not changed but how the scores will be reported will change, as of September 2016. The writing subsection test will be report on the range of 2-12. The acceptable writing score will be 8. |
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Submit completed application forms to Teacher Certification, 400 East University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926-7414. Students at center locations may email application/forms to teachercertification@cwu.edu.
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