APPENDIX C
Institutional Questionnaire
For Use in Preparing the Institutional Report

Office of Postsecondary Education

U.S. Department of Education

Annual Institutional Questionnaire on Teacher Preparation: Academic year: 2004-2005

Institution name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Respondent name and title: William Speer, Interim Associate Dean

Respondent phone number: (702) 895-3375 Fax: (702) 895-4068

Electronic mail address: william.speer@unlv.edu

Address: 4505 Maryland Parkway

City: Las Vegas State: NV Zip code: 89154-3001

Section 207 of Title II of the Higher Education Act mandates that the Department of Education collect data on state assessments, other requirements, and standards for teacher certification and licensure, as well as data on the performance of teacher preparation programs. The law requires the Secretary to use these data in submitting an annual report on the quality of teacher preparation to the Congress. The first Secretarial report is due April 7, 2002. Annual state reports to the Secretary are first due on October 7, 2001. Data from institutions with teacher preparation programs are due to states annually, beginning April 7, 2001, for use by states in preparing annual report cards to the Secretary.

Paperwork Burden Statement

This is a required data collection. Response is not voluntary. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1840-0744 (expiration date: 6/30/2006). The time required for institutions to complete this information collection is estimated to average 66 hours per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC 20202-4651. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, write directly to: Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW, Room 6081, Washington, DC 20006.

Note: The procedures for developing the information required for these tables are explained in the National Center for Education Statistics document entitled Reference and Reporting Guide for Preparing State and Institutional Reports on the Quality of Teacher Preparation: Title II, Higher Education Act. Terms and phrases in this questionnaire are defined in the glossary, appendix B of the guide.

Section I. Pass rates.

Please provide the information in the attached Institutional Report Tables C1 and C2 on the performance of completers of the teacher preparation program in your institution on teacher certification/licensure assessments used by your state. This information will be provided to your institution by the state or the testing company.

	HEA - Title II 2004-2005 Academic Year
Institution Name	UNIV NEVADA LAS VEGAS
Institution Code	4861
State	Nevada
Number of Program Completers Submitted	496
Number of Program Completers found, matched, and used in passing rate Calculations1	486					January 18, 2006
					Statewide
Type of Assessment	Assessment Code Number	Number Taking Assessment	Number Passing Assessment	Institutional Pass Rate	Number Taking Assessment	Number Passing Assessment	Statewide Pass Rate
Basic Skills
PPST READING	710	107	106	99%	199	198	99%
CBT READING	711	27	25	93%	60	58	97%
PPST WRITING	720	109	108	99%	195	194	99%
CBT WRITING	721	27	25	93%	55	53	96%
PPST MATHEMATICS	730	106	106	100%	198	197	99%
CBT MATHEMATICS	731	30	28	93%	61	59	97%
COMPUTERIZED PPST READING	5710	323	323	100%	536	533	99%
COMPUTERIZED PPST WRITING	5720	325	324	100%	548	545	99%
COMPUTERIZED PPST MATHEMATICS	5730	324	323	100%	542	537	99%
Professional Knowledge
ENG LANG LIT COMP PEDAGOGY	043	19	17	89%	39	36	92%
MATHEMATICS PEDAGOGY	065	14	13	93%	34	31	91%
LIFE SCIENCE: PEDAGOGY	234	4			10	8	80%
PHYSICAL SCIENCE PEDAGOGY	483	2			3
PRINCIPLES LEARNING & TEACHING K-6	522	16	13	81%	22	18	82%
PRINCIPLES LEARNING & TEACHING 7-12	524	86	78	91%	166	153