Title II Institutional Report Card

Institutions that offer teacher preparation programs are required to report certain information to state and federal Departments of Education. This information-regarding the number of program completers, testing pass rates, and other contextual data-is provided below.

In the academic year 2002-2003, there were 664 education students (all specializations) and 265 students that student taught in approved programs. Twenty-one full-time and 28 part-time faculty supervised student teachers in 2001-2002, resulting in a ratio of 1:5, one faculty to five student teachers. NSU required 525 institutional clock hours during student teaching. For the academic year 2002-2003, the CLAST was required by the NSU Undergraduate Teacher Education Program as an admissions requirement to all education majors.   Successful completion of all parts of the Florida Teacher's Certification Exam (FTCE) was a requirement for completion of the approved teacher preparation program.

In the academic year 2002-2003, the single assessment pass-rate data reflects a testing period of July 1997 to September 2003. The overall institution pass-rate on the CLAST (Basic Skills) test was 98%. Pass rates for the same time period for the Professional Knowledge was 100%, for the Elementary Education Subject Area was 100%, and for Varying Exceptionalities Subject Area was 99%. NSU reported 254 students as program completers of the state-approved programs.