Wash. Admin. Code § 181-02-002 - WEST-E content knowledge assessment requirement, exemptions, and equivalent assessments
(1)
Meeting the content knowledge assessment requirement under this chapter is
required for issuance of a Washington state residency or professional teacher
certificate.
(2) Individuals who
hold a certificate through the National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards are exempt from the content knowledge assessment requirement if there
is a direct equivalency between the endorsement sought and the national board
certificate, or the individual has a second tier certificate from a state as
approved by the professional educator standards board and published by the
superintendent of public instruction. The equivalent National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards and Washington endorsement table approved by
the professional educator standards board may not be changed without prior
professional educator standards board approval.
(3) Candidates applying for a Washington
state residency or professional teaching certificate under WAC
181-79A-257
who have taken and passed equivalent content tests from other states as
approved and published by the professional educator standards board, are
considered to have met the content knowledge assessment requirement unless
applying for a new endorsement.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.220. 06-11-160, § 181-02-002, filed 5/24/06, effective 6/24/06.
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