MTLE+Math

. =The MTLE Basic Skills Math Objectives (from the MTLE Website)= =.= =The MTLE Basic Skills Math Formula Page (from the MTLE Website)= || > . > || > ==The Pennsylvania Educator Certification Tests== > I just compared the Objectives of these two tests (the Pennsylvania PAPA and the MTLE). Of about 30 Math Objectives, they share about 28 in common -- virtually identical. ||
 * [[image:MTLE-math-prep.gif width="266" height="257"]] || =The MTLE Basic Skills Test Details (from the MTLE Website)=
 * =MTLE Math by the Numbers= || My attempt to figure out how the scores and time work on the MTLE Math test
 * PDF Version
 * [[file:mtle/MTLE-Readingby-the-numbers2015.docx|Word Version]]
 * =Practice Tests Similar to the MTLE Math= || ==These are other states' teacher licensure basic skills Math tests -- which appear to be similar in content and format to the MTLE==
 * = Math Tests by Pearson that are considerably different from the MTLE = || The Massachusetts Test (the MTEL) looks similar -- and some of the questions overlap ... but a high proportion of the math tested is different. The two tests are interested in different knowledge sets. I have a feeling that the Massachusetts test is better -- it seems to tap Math thinking a little more ... and taps a little less of "everything-you-should-have-learned-in-four-years-of-high-school-math."
 * = Math Tests by Pearson that are considerably different from the MTLE = || The Massachusetts Test (the MTEL) looks similar -- and some of the questions overlap ... but a high proportion of the math tested is different. The two tests are interested in different knowledge sets. I have a feeling that the Massachusetts test is better -- it seems to tap Math thinking a little more ... and taps a little less of "everything-you-should-have-learned-in-four-years-of-high-school-math."

[|Massachusetts Tests for Educator License]
The point is that be cautious about using the Massachusetts test to prep. You'll be spending time on content that won't help you.

I really like the Pearson-Designed Math Test from the California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST).
My sense that this measures teacher candidates' abilities to think through the type of math they might be expected to teach in an elementary classroom. ||
 * =[|Vance Holmes's Review Sheet]= || Vance Holmes seems much more positive-minded about the MTLE Math test than I am. He's put together a review packet that's probably equal parts helpful and insane. His blog is here: [] and the Word Document review sheet is linked here. ||
 * =[|Vance Holmes's Review Sheet]= || Vance Holmes seems much more positive-minded about the MTLE Math test than I am. He's put together a review packet that's probably equal parts helpful and insane. His blog is here: [] and the Word Document review sheet is linked here. ||