ILTS Test Development Opportunities

Good afternoon! 

I recently received the following message and thought I would share here for anyone inerested:

The Illinois State Board of Education and Evaluation Systems group of Pearson are currently seeking Illinois educators to apply to participate in test development activities for the Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS) program.

During Q1 of 2018 (January - March), we will be convening committees for the following tests:

• English Language Arts
• Foreign Language: French
• Foreign Language: German
• Foreign Language: Hebrew
• Foreign Language: Italian
• Foreign Language: Japanese
• Foreign Language: Russian
• Foreign Language: Spanish
• General Middle Grades
• Library Information Specialist
• Mathematics
• Music
• Reading Teacher
• School Counselor
• School Nurse
• Social Science: Economics
• Social Science: Geography
• Social Science: History
• Social Science: Political Science
• Social Science: Psychology
• Social Science: Sociology and Anthropology

Benefits of participation include:

• opportunity to make a difference in Illinois educator development and performance, and
• professional growth and collaboration with educators in their field.

Qualified participants are eligible for:

• substitute reimbursement for their school (public school educators only)
• reimbursement for travel and meal expenses
• hotel accommodations, if necessary

Interested educators can click here to complete an application to be considered for participation. 

The application can also be accessed via this URL:http://www.cvent.com/d/8dqyvh