Annual Teacher Candidate Performance Metrics
Western Oregon University hosted a reaccreditation site visit with the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation in 2022 and the review team determined that all standards were met with no areas for improvement. This success earned Western recognition with the Franky Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement Award. You can read more about this prestigious award and its connection to excellence in educator preparation at Western Oregon University here.
Western presents the following four annual measures reporting completer effectiveness and impact on P-12 learning, satisfaction of employers, candidate competence at program completion, and ability of completers to be hired. This information is meant to complement information provided in our annual report filed with the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
In each case, data reported includes at least the three most recently available data up through 2023-2024. We provide this information publicly and clearly so that it is broadly available to consumers and partners. Each data report provides appropriate contextualization, analysis, and summary to achieve maximum transparency and appropriate utility. Where appropriate, confidentiality of data was considered.
Nationally Accredited since 1954
Most recently accredited by CAEP in 2022
- Master of Science in Special Education (SpEd) – initial
- Masters in the Art of Teaching (MAT, single subjects) – initial
- Undergraduate teacher preparation program (UG, multiple subjects) – initial
- Undergraduate teacher preparation program (UG, single subjects) – initial
Additional programs approved through state review
- Reading Interventionist: Added Endorsement – add-on
- English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) – add-on
Additional programs approved through state review since 2022
(completer data not yet available)
- Undergraduate Special Education: Generalist
- Undergraduate Special Education: Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education
- Undergraduate Music
- Undergraduate Art
- Undergraduate Drama
- Principal
Measures
Measure 1: Completer Effectiveness and Impact on P-12 Learning and Development
In collaboration with a large partner school district, employed graduates were identified and the degree to which these employed educators are able to facilitate P-12 pass rates on statewide achievement tests was explored. Learning was facilitated but not equivalently against the entire population of other employed educators. A more precise comparator group was not able to be identified and so this information is minimally useful but does meet the standard.
It must be noted that Oregon is a “no data state” meaning that no statewide system exists that tracks educator preparation program completers into employment so it isn’t possible, in any statewide and systematic way, to track graduates and investigate impact and effectiveness without the kinds of strong, collaborative partnerships used to meet these standards in the last unit-review in fall 2022. For these reasons, Western Oregon University is unable to track systematically any “completers” because hiring cannot be verified except through ad-hoc and individual reporting.
In 2024, SB 283 was passed requiring the construction of a statewide educator data system that will move Oregon toward solutions in this regard. Until that work is completed, Western Oregon University is unlikely to have new data that is systematic across all completers.
Measure 2: Satisfaction of Employers and Stakeholder Involvement
A survey was used to poll hiring school district’s satisfaction with Western-prepared educators and the degree to which they felt valued and supported in the context of our professional relationship. The following summary data is provided as evidence of successes relative to this standard.
Measure 3: Candidate Competence at Program Completion
In an effort to demonstrate candidate competency at program completion, Western offers three separate measures including: (1) Readiness for employment assessment; (2) edTPA pass rates over time, and; (3) Summative content area test pass rates indicating the degree to which completers show state required content knowledge.
CAEP Measure 3 Readiness Scores
Measure 4: Ability of Completers to be Hired
Oregon continues to be a “100% completer state” meaning that when a candidate is recommended for licensure upon completion of a preparation program they are eligible to be employed in the area for which they have prepared. This has not varied for more than 20 years in Oregon.
Previous Year Data
2022 - 2023
2021 - 2022
2019 – 2020
2017 – 2018
- Candidate impact on P-12 student learning
- Indicators of teaching effectiveness
- Employer satisfaction
- Satisfaction of completers
- Graduation rates
- Ability of completers to meet state licensing requirements
- Ability of completers to be hired in educator positions in which they have completed preparation
- Student loan default rates
- Initial licensure completer GPA
