Keene State College has held accreditation by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (“CAEP”, formerly, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, “NCATE”) since 1954.
CAEP pursues “excellence in educator preparation accreditation” as its vision, and in particular, CAEP is working with educator preparation programs across the United States to “advance equity and excellence in educator preparation through evidence-based accreditation that assures quality and supports continuous improvement to strengthen P-12 student learning.” (Source: CAEP’s Vision and Mission).
CAEP 2022 Self-Study Report & Site Visit
Click the link to visit our CAEP 2022 SSR and Site Visit site.
Annual Reports
To comply with federal regulations, our EPP provides CAEP annual reports and Title II annual reports below in linked files.
CAEP Annual Report – 2021
Annual report snapshot
Impact Measures
Measure 1: Impact on P-12 Learning and Development
Data for Measure 1 is currently under development. We received P-12 student growth measures of our program completers at the end of March 2021. The EPP plans to make this data publicly available in July 2021.
Measure 2: Indicators of Teaching Effectiveness
Our EPP compiled Measure 2 data in 2019-2020 CAEP Annual Report. Due to COVID-19, we are not able to observe our completers’ classroom teaching for this round of CAEP Annual Report.
Measure 3: Satisfaction of Employers and Employment Milestones
To further investigate how our completers performance in their current job positions, we conducted follow-up interviews in our Special Education program and Educational Leadership program. Our EPP will roll out employer interviews in other programs in the coming semesters.
SPED Employer Interview Exec Summary-Spring 2020
EDLD Employer Interview Exec Summary-Sp2020
Measure 4: Satisfaction of Completers
We commit ourselves to the excellence of preparing our candidates to be highly qualified teachers who can have high impact on their P-12 students. We continue our completers’ satisfaction survey and focus group on an annual basis. In addition, we conduct Exit Survey with graduating students before they complete and leave our program during their student teaching. We scheduled to conduct interview with our Special Education completers in late Spring 2021 and the report will be uploaded here in June!
Standard 4 Completer’s Survey summary results – 2020
Outcome Measures
Measure 5: Graduation Rates
Detailed information with respect to our EPP programs’ graduation rates is available at: Graduation Rates by Majors: 2020-2021 Institutional Research Office Factbook (Page 84 to 96).
Measure 6: Ability of completers to meet licensing (certification) and any additional state requirement
The list below shows our respective program’s number of completers, number of not taking PRAXIS II test, the number of completers who passed PRAXIS II test and the pass rate.
Early Childhood (9, 7, 2, 100%); Elementary Education (32, 0, 32, 100%); English (6, 1, 4, 80%); Life Science (1, 0, 1, 100%); Math-Middle Level (1, 0, 1, 100%); Math-Upper Level (4, 0, 4, 100%); Music Education (7, 0, 5, 71%); Physical Education (4, 0, 4, 100%); Science (5-8) (2, 0, 2, 100%); Social Studies (10, 0, 10, 100%); Spanish (3, 1, 1, 50%)
Title II Report can be accessed at: www.keeene.edu
Measure 7: Ability of completers to be hired in education positions for which they have prepared
Our EPP is making efforts to work with New Hampshire Department of Education to obtain the employment information of our completers who are hired in education positions in New Hampshire.
Our Office of Institutional Research and Assessment also compiles employment data from our alumni survey. The employment data for class 2018 is the most recent data that is available.
Measure 8: Student loan default rates and other consumer information
For our EPP’s completers from AY 15-16, 16-17, and 17-18, as of Spring 2021, we have zero graduates defaulting on loans.
Full CAEP Annual Report Archive
CAEP Annual Report April 2021
Nationally Recognized Programs
Initial Preparation
| biology | recognized until 8/1/2025 |
| chemistry | recognized until 8/1/2025 |
| Early Childhood Education | recognized until 2/1/2026 |
| Early Childhood Post-Bac | recognized until 8/1/2021 |
| Earth Science | recognized until 8/1/2025 |
| Elementary Education | recognized w/ conditions Expired at 8/1/2020 |
| Elementary Education Post-Bac | recognized until 8/1/2021 |
| English | recognized until 8/1/2025 |
| English Post-Bac | recognized until 2/1/2022 |
| General Science | recognized until 8/1/2025 |
| Mathematics for Middle Level | recognized until 2/1/2027 |
| Mathematics for Middle-level Post-Bac | not recognized Expired 8/1/2015 |
| Modern Language | recognized until 8/1/2026 |
| Physical Education | recognized w/ conditions Expired at 8/1/2021 |
| Physics | recognized until 8/1/2025 |
| Secondary Mathematics | recognized until 8/1/2025 |
| Secondary Mathematics Post-Bac | Not recognized Expired at 8/1/2015 |
| Social Studies | recognized until 8/1/2027 |
Advanced Preparation
| Educational Leadership | recognized until 8/1/2026 |
| Special Education | recognized until 8/1/2026 |
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