CalSTAT (California Services for Technical Assistance and Training) is a special project of the California Department of Education, Special Education Division, located at Napa County Office of Education. It is funded through the Special Education Division and the California State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG). The SPDG, a federal grant, supports and develops partnerships with schools and families by providing training, technical assistance and resources to both special education and general education.
Related to the certfication of teachers under the highly qualified requirement of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
The Teacher Examination Regional Network (TERN) merged the pre-intern test preparation and resource development efforts of Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Office (VCSSO). The goal of this activity is to develop and implement training resources for pre-intern test preparation programs throughout the state to ensure consistent, affordable, and high-quality preparation, with a special focus on special education pre-interns.
For the development of resources, VCSSO took instructor resource guides they had developed for each area of the CSET Multiple Subjects Examination and developed suggested agendas and learning plans. The resource guides and learning plans were packaged together for use by trainers at other sites with the goal of replicating VCSSO's success with pre-intern test preparation.
In 2005-2006, VCSSO contracted with five county pre-intern programs to become regional leads and begin the development of a regional network for test preparation throughout the state.
| Statewide | CSET Plus Participants | CSET Plus Ventura | CSET Plus Tulare | CSET Plus Orange | CSET Plus Imperial | CSET Plus Sacramento | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subtest I (Language Arts; Social Science) | 71% n=14,639 |
91% n=46 |
94% n=31 |
80% n=10 |
100% n=5 |
no results | no results |
| Subtest II (Science; Mathematics) | 63% n=16,908 |
84% n=56 |
89% n=35 |
67% n=12 |
89% n=9 |
no results | no results |
| Subtest III (P.E.; Human Dev.; Arts) | 74% n=13,602 |
86% n=36 |
92% n=24 |
33% n=3 |
89% n=9 |
no results | no results |
These pass-rates are based on responses from 73% of the participants (65 out of 89 participants).
| Ventura County | Tulare County | Orange County | Not Specified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants | 40 | 23 | 16 | 3 |
| Participant Ethnicity | Number of Participants | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| White/Caucasian | 41 | 51% |
| Hispanic | 31 | 39% |
| African American | 4 | 5% |
| Asian | 1 | 1% |
| Filipino | 1 | 1% |
| Other/Multiple | 2 | 2% |
At the end of the test preparation training, participants were asked to rate their degree of knowledge on the subject matter before and after receiving content training.