2024 CAEP Accountability Measures
The College of Education reports annually to the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) on performance in areas of public interest including completer effectiveness, employer satisfaction, competency at program completion, and employment outcomes. The information on this page was created from data collected or reported during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Measure 1: Completer Effectiveness (R4.1)
In lieu of value-added data, which Minnesota does not distribute, the college has employed case study methods to evaluate the impact of completers on P-12 learner development.
Read Case Study Summary
Measure 2: Satisfaction of Employers and Stakeholder Involvement (R4.2, R5.3, and RA4.1)
The college administers the Network for Excellence in Teaching (NExT) Supervisor Survey during the spring semester to supervisors of first-year teachers who completed a program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Supervisors evaluate new teacher competence based on observations and respond to questions about new teacher performance across multiple areas, including working with diverse learners.
The Employer Evaluation of New Teacher Performance graph shows percentage of responses acoss seven questions.
The Teaching for Diverse Learners graph shows percentage of responses acoss nine questions.
Measure 3: Candidate Competency at Completion (R3.3)
edTPA Pass Rates 2022-23
In 202-23, the following percentages of test takers passed all three edTPA tasks: Business Education: 75% (n = 4), Elementary Literacy: 69% (n = 36), Elementary Mathematics: 45% (n = 51), English as an Additional Language: 100% (n = 1), Family and Consumer Science: 36% (n = 11), K-12 Performing Arts: 25% (n = 4), K-12 Physical Education: 33% (n = 9), Secondary English Language Arts: 67% (n = 9), Secondary History and Social Studies: 68% (n = 19), Secondary Mathematics: 0% (n = 4), Secondary Science: 0% (n = 1), Special Education: 65% (n = 57), Visual Arts: 68% (n = 19), World Languages: 14% (n = 7).
Minnesota Teacher Licensure Exams
As an approved teacher preparation program in Minnesota, completers applying for a Tier 3 license are exempt from taking content and pedagogy licensure exams. This exemption went into effect August 1, 2023.
Measure 4: Ability of Completers to Be Hired in Education Positions for Which They Have Been Prepared
The university administers a Graduate Survey annually to program completers. From this survey, we gather information on the employment status of graduates. The graphs linked below show graduates' status one year after graduation in the following categories: Available Unemployed, Continuing Education, Employed Related, Employed Unrelated Not Seeking Related, Employed Unrelated Seeking Related, Not Available for Employment, and Status Unknown.
Employment Status One Year after Graduation
Employment Status Table |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
Employed Related |
81% |
65% |
64% |
71% |
76% |
Continuing Education |
3% |
8% |
11% |
10% |
9% |
Available Unemployed |
2% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
2% |
Employed Unrelated Seeking Related |
1% |
6% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
Employed Unrelated Not Seeking Related |
0% |
0% |
1% |
3% |
2% |
Not Available for Employment |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
Status Unknown |
13% |
18% |
19% |
12% |
10% |
Time to Employment
Time to Employment Table |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
Already Employed |
23% |
17% |
25% |
23% |
19% |
Before 3 months |
18% |
21% |
13% |
13% |
33% |
Between 3 and 6 months |
52% |
57% |
42% |
49% |
39% |
Between 6 and 9 months |
6% |
4% |
10% |
10% |
7% |
Between 9 months and 1 year |
1% |
2% |
10% |
5% |
3% |
