African American and Latinx teacher candidates fail state certification assessments (Praxis I and II) at much higher rates than white candidates, while performance assessments show smaller disparities.¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? On the Praxis I between 2005 and 2009, white candidates passed at 82 percent vs. 41 percent for African American candidates in reading, with similar gaps in writing and math. → Gold 2020 q2 i? Performance assessment (edTPA) results show a much smaller disparity in pass rates between African American and white candidates than traditional licensure tests. → Gold 2020 (2)

Evidence¶

Gold 2020¶

Gold, T. (2020). Pipeline and Retention of Teachers of Color: Systems and Structures Impeding Growth and Sustainability in the United States. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.org/2020/03/24/pipeline-and-retention-of-teachers-of-color-systems-and-structures-impeding-growth-and-sustainability-in-the-united-states/ doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/96

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Secondhand report of an ETS study of Praxis I results (2005–2009): "considerable diferences in pass rates between white and African American candidates" across reading, writing, and math, as listed descriptively; no standardized effect size is printed.

"between 2005 and 2009, there were considerable diferences in pass rates between white and African American candidates: 82 percent compared to 41 percent for reading; 80 percent compared to 44 percent for writing; and 78 percent compared to 37 percent for math"

Gold 2020 (2)¶

Gold, T. (2020). Pipeline and Retention of Teachers of Color: Systems and Structures Impeding Growth and Sustainability in the United States. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.org/2020/03/24/pipeline-and-retention-of-teachers-of-color-systems-and-structures-impeding-growth-and-sustainability-in-the-united-states/. doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/96

q2 · i? · review · r2

Secondhand report of edTPA (2015) results, which the review says "demonstrated a much smaller disparity in the pass rates between African American and white candidates"; no effect size is printed.

"Studies of the assessment results have demonstrated a much smaller disparity in the pass rates between African American and white candidates (edTPA, 2015)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• African American teacher candidates are less likely to receive job offers than white candidates despite similar or better qualifications. — related
• Students of color benefit academically and behaviorally from having teachers of the same race. — related
• Teacher licensure exams disproportionately fail teacher candidates of color without predicting teaching effectiveness — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Racial disparities in TPA pass rates appear in low-performing programs but not in programs with passing rates above 90% — related
• New York City teachers fail state certification examinations at far higher rates than teachers elsewhere in New York State — related