Working Bibliography: Praxis I/PPST (Preparation) [draft, April 2005]

Aksamit, D.L. (1987, November/December). Relationships between PPST and ACT scores and their implications for the basic skills testing of prospective teachers. Journal of Teacher Education, 38, 48-52.

Arco Editorial Board. (1998). Everything you need to score high on Praxis I, PPST. (4^th ed.). New York: Macmillan USA.

Bobrow, J. (2001). CliffsTestPrep Praxis I, PPST. (3rd ed.). New York: Hungry Minds.

Fogiel, M. (1996). Praxis I, PPST, Pre-professional skills tests. Piscataway, N.J.: Research & Education Association.

*Harrington, J.S., & Davis, J. (1992, Summer). The use of PPST math scores to improve math skills for teacher education students. Education (Chula Vista, Calif.), 112, 523-528.

Hicken, S. (1992, December). The Pre-professional skills test: how it affects teacher aspirants and predicts performance in teacher preparation programs. The Urban Review, 24, 253-261.

LearningExpressLibrary.com : interactive test preparation and practice : teacher certification (PPST/Praxis I). New York: LearningExpress, LLC. [contact information, description]

Memory, D.M. (2003, May/June). Possible tradeoffs in raising basic skills cutoff scores for teacher licensure: a study with implications for participation of African Americans in teaching. Journal of Teacher Education, 54 (3), 217-227.

Mikitovics, A., & Crehan, K.D. (2002, March/April). Pre-professional skills test scores as college of education admission criteria. The Journal of Educational Research (Washington, D.C.), 95 (4), 215-23.

Pool, J., Dittrich, C., & Longwell, E. (2004, Summer). An analysis of SAT and PRAXIS I performance of teacher education candidates at three different types of institutions. Action in Teacher Education, 26 (2), 60-68.

Postman, R.D. (2001). How to prepare for Praxis: PPST, PLT, elementary school subject assessments, listening skills test, overview of Praxis II subject assessments & specialty area tests. (3^rd ed.). Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series.

Powers, D.E., Fowles, M.E., & Farnum, M. (1993). Prepublishing the topics for a test of writing skills: a small-scale simulation. Applied Measurement in Education, 6 (2), 119-135.

Preparation for the Praxis I: PPST Exam. (2005). Lawrenceville, N.J.: Thomson/Peterson’s.

Sasser, J.E. (1995). Integrating technological assistance in the standard curriculum in order to improve the success rate on the math portion of the Pre-professional skills test (PPST). The Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 14 (4), 559-571.

Salinger, T.S., & Burns, R.W. (1985, Spring). So you have to take the PPST? Education (Chula Vista, Calif.), 105 (3), 236-239.

Selke, M., Mehigan, S., & Fiene, J. (2004, Winter). Validity of standardized teacher test scores for predicting beginning teacher performance. Action in Teacher Education, 25 (4), 20-29.

Stricker, L.J., & Wilder, G.Z. (2002). Why don't test takers prepare for the Pre-professional skills tests? Educational Assessment, 8 (3), 259-277.

Sutton, R.E. (2004, November/December). Teaching under high-stakes testing: dilemmas

Windham, R., & Tunnell, J. (1992, Spring). Factors associated with academic success of prospective teachers. Education (Chula Vista, Calif.), 112, 408-411.

Also representative college & university websites:

http://www.berea.edu/cltcr/teaching_matters/workingw_clients.htm

(Berea College)

http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~stockard/praxis/id16.htm

(Louisiana State University)

http://www.indiana.edu/~tep/ppst.html

(Indiana University Bloomington)

http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/ppst.htm

(Western Carolina University)