ETS’s Praxis® program, the leading provider of teacher licensure assessments, has partnered with Study.com, an award-winning online learning platform, to enhance the teacher pipeline and provide more support to tomorrow’s educators. This partnership will offer high-quality Praxis test preparation for more than 60 examinations, including diagnostics, individualized AI learning plans with video lectures, practice questions, problem explanations, study guides, and authentic practice tests.
Furthermore, to broaden the impact of this collaboration, ETS and Study.com will start additional cooperative research efforts. It aims to improve Praxis pass rates for diverse teacher candidates under-represented relative to the student population to improve the 2023 pass rates reported by the National Center for Teaching Quality.
Study.com’s test prep solutions have a proven track record of success, with 92 per cent of test-takers passing their Praxis exam after using our platform. These solutions help test-takers identify their strengths and weaknesses and provide a personalized learning plan that turns weaknesses into strengths. Its collaborative research with ETS will result in several forthcoming studies exploring the challenges faced by teacher candidates with diverse learning needs, backgrounds, and resources. The firm aims to provide the necessary support to help them succeed, diversifying the teacher pipeline nationwide.
Speaking about the latest development, Paul Gollash, Vice President of K-12 Solutions of ETS, said:
We have a responsibility to do everything we can to support educators amidst a growing teacher shortage. We are thrilled to partner with Study.com as our Official Praxis Test Prep provider. Study.com shares our commitment to helping build a high-quality and diverse educator workforce and brings several complementary capabilities that can advance our shared mission. This partnership represents the first of many steps to give educators robust and research-backed solutions, ensuring we bring more qualified teachers into our classrooms each year.
For 75 years, ETS has provided diverse solutions, ground-breaking research, and reliable assessments that motivate learners worldwide to explore new possibilities. Praxis®, as part of ETS, fully supports this objective by swiftly reinventing the ever-changing science and art of teaching. The platform, driven by its dedication to increasing equality and excellence, is a thriving hub for comprehensive teacher development.
Dana Bryson, Senior Vice President of Social Impact, Study.com, added:
We are incredibly excited to partner with ETS’s Praxis program to elevate the standard of teacher preparation and open the door to the life-changing impact of education for aspiring teachers. By increasing the availability of our proven Praxis test preparation solutions, we aim to help more aspiring teachers pass their licensure exams, particularly those from under-represented communities.
ETS serves learners, educators and government agencies by providing measurement solutions and conducting research, analysis and policy studies. The company develops, administers and scores tens of millions of tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, the GRE® tests and The Praxis Series® assessments — in more than 200 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide.
