CAEP 4 Accountability Measures

CAEP (Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation) has four accountability measures which are used to provide information to the public on both program outcome and program impact. The chart below is the list of CAEP measures with links to supporting evidence for each measure.

Outcome Measures

Impact Measures (CAEP Standard 4)

Measure 1: Completer Effectiveness (Initial)
Concord University Teacher Education Program completers contribute to p-12 student-learning growth:

 Concord University Teacher Education Program completers apply professional knowledge, skills and dispositions in the P-12 classroom:

Measure 2: Satisfaction of Employers and Stakeholder Involvement (Initial and Advanced)
School districts/principals that employ completers of the Concord University Educator Preparation Program are satisfied with their new employee’s preparation:

  • Initial Licensure: Employer Satisfaction Survey (administered 2023-24 for 2021-22 completers)
  • Advanced Program: Employer Satisfaction Survey (administered 2023-24 for 2021-22 completers): 
    • 0 Educational Leadership completers employed in an administrative role
    • 0 Reading Specialist completers employed in a reading specialist role
 Concord University’s Educator Preparation Program involves stakeholders:

Measure 3: Candidate Competency at Completion (Initial and Advanced)
R.3.3 – Concord University Teacher Education Program candidates are academically competent to effectively teach P-12 students:

 A.R.3.4 – Completers of Concord University Advanced Programs are competent to help facilitate learning with positive impacts on divers P-12 student learning and development through: application of content knowledge, data literacy, research-driven decision making, effective use of collaborative skills and application of technology:

  • Advanced Program Candidate Satisfaction Survey administered 2023-24 for 2022-23 completers
  • Advanced Program Overall GPA (2023-24 completers): 3.79
    • Educational Leadership: 3.83
    • Reading Specialist : 3.67
  • Advanced Program Educational Dispositional Assessment (2023-24 completers):
    • Educational Leadership: EDLDA
    • Reading Specialist: EDLDA
  • Advanced Program Licensure Exam (2023-24 completers):
    • Reading Specialist: Zero 2022-23 completers have attempted the Praxis II exam
    • Educational Leadership: PRAXIS II
  • Advanced Program Capstone / Research Project (2023-24 completers):

Measure 4: Ability of Completers to be hired in education positions for which they have been prepared
Candidate Hireability Initial Licensure:

  • Employment rate of completers 2023-24
    • All: 22 out of 44 employed (50%)
    • Elementary: 12 out of 23 employed (52.17%)
    • Secondary: 8 out of 15 employed (53.44)
    • Special Ed.: 0 out of 3 employed (0%)
    • MAT: 2 out of 3 employed (66.66%)
 Candidate Hireability Advanced Licensure: Advanced completers often are not employed in advanced areas for which they are prepared within one year of completion due to limited number of openings in educational leadership and reading specialist positions. Many reading specialist completers choose to remain in the elementary education classroom, where they implement their advanced training. Furthermore, WV Policy 5202 regulations prevent the employment of educational leadership completers until 3 years post initial licensure completion