It started with a CD playing snippets of dialogues in Spanish spoken at the usual pace, after which we had 45 seconds to answer a question, only getting to hear it twice. Then, it went on to random questions about the many countries and cultures that speak Spanish, wanting to know about music, art, dance, history, you name it. Finally, it asked specific questions about education strategies and how they appear in the classroom. It was thorough and the most challenging test I've ever taken. I've taken the NTE (general knowledge, education, and English), the PRAXIS, the MTTC English and Spanish, and by far, the Spanish was the most difficult.
Shouldn't it be, though? I want my kids to have math teachers who know and can explain math. I expect no less of myself in Spanish or English. Too many teachers fail basic tests in what we teach, and that's wrong. When our faculty had to take a practice ACT last year so we'd have an idea of how to better help our students (MI requires the ACT as the NCLB test for high schools), we had many who scored below what we request of our students--in fields they teach every day in testing styles they themselves write. There's something wrong with that picture.
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