Wow, I think you're acting quite rudely. Don't we have enough rudeness from our
students/parents/administrators without having to be rude to each other?
I very clearly wrote in my first sentence, "If the Spanish MTEL is like other content
MTELS, then..." I think it's easily understood that my use of "If..." demonstrates that I
never took the Spanish MTEL and that I was only comparing it to the experience and
relative easiness of my MTEL test.
In any event, the passing rates (in 06) for my test (Math 09) is just a bit less than the
Spanish MTEL and for whatever it's worth I thought the math MTEL was easy (and I
wasn't a math major, I just reviewed my high school math). I've spoken with many
other teachers I work with (many high school subjects including Spanish) and the
only test that seems to get multiple & consistent complaints is the physics one.
On 6/05/08, Hill wrote:
> This statement is SOOOOO not true! There are so many Spanish
> majors who have taken this test and not passed. Much of the
> content on this test would not even be taught to a high school
> student. Never mind the fact that some people having to pass
> it are only teaching to first grade kids! I had to respond to
> this statement because I thought it was ridiculous and had to
> be posted by someone who has never taken the test. Please
> don't comment on it and make assumptions if you don't know the
> test.
>
> On 6/05/08, Boston wrote:
>> Sally, If the Spanish MTEL is like other content MTELS, then
> you should be able to
>> pass it as a Spanish major. These content tests just go a
> bit beyond what they
>> expect students to learn in a high school setting for your
> subject. Try it!
>>
>>
>> On 5/05/08, Sally wrote:
>>> I was a Spanish major in college. I speak it well but
>>> there is no way I will ever pass the Spanish MTEL.
>>> Should I switch to ELL? Is the ELL MTEL meant for teachers
>>> whose 1st language is not English?
>>
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