Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE
Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM
Section 25.710 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Subpart, the following definitions apply:
"Code" means the Illinois School Code [105 ILCS 5].
"Passing Raw Score" is the minimum number of multiple-choice items that must be answered correctly on a given test or the combination of required correct responses to multiple choice items and required numerical value of constructed responses.
"Passing Score" is the minimum scaled score a person must obtain in order to pass a test.
"Re-scoring" means the process of reviewing an examinee's answers and the scores assigned to them to confirm that a test score reported to an examinee is the score earned by the examinee.
"Retake" is the opportunity for a person who has taken a test of the Illinois Licensure Testing System at one test administration to take the test in the same area as given at subsequent administrations.
"Scaled Score" is the person's test score after the mathematical transformation of the number of test items the person answered correctly to a scale of numbers on which the minimum score, the maximum score, and the passing score are set. For the content-area tests and tests of language proficiency, the minimum scaled score is 100, the maximum score 300, and the passing score 240. For any new content-area test first administered after December 31, 2002, the minimum scaled score is 100, the maximum score 300, and the passing score 240.
"Subarea Score" is the scaled score for the subset of test items on a content-area test that measures specific content.
"Test" or "Tests" refers to the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the language proficiency tests, the content-area tests, and the teacher performance assessment for the Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS). In the event that an ILTS test is not offered, the State Board, in consultation with SEPLB, may identify alternative tests to be used.
The Illinois Licensure Testing System shall consist of the following tests:
Agricultural Education
Business, Marketing, and Computer Education
Chief School Business Official
Computer Science
Dance
Director of Special Education
Drama/Theatre Arts
Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Special Education
edTPA (required beginning September 1, 2015)
Elementary Education (1-6) (February 2016)
Language and Literacy
Mathematics
Science and Social Science
Fine Arts, Physical Development and Health
Elementary Mathematics Specialist (February 2025)
English Language Arts
English Language Proficiency
Family and Consumer Sciences
World Languages
Arabic
Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin)
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Russian
Spanish
Gifted Education Teacher (beginning September 2014)
Health Education
Health Careers
Learning Behavior Specialist I
Learning Behavior Specialist II/Behavior Intervention Specialist
Learning Behavior Specialist II/Bilingual Special Education Specialist
Learning Behavior Specialist II/Curriculum Adaptation Specialist
Learning Behavior Specialist II/Deaf/Blind Specialist
Learning Behavior Specialist II/Multiple Disabilities Specialist
Learning Behavior Specialist II/Technology Specialist
Learning Behavior Specialist II/Transition Specialist
Library Information Specialist
Mathematics
General Middle Grades (5-8) (February 2017)
Middle Grades (5-8) Language Arts (February 2017)
Middle Grades (5-8) Mathematics (February 2017)
Middle Grades (5-8) Social Science (February 2017)
Middle Grades (5-8) Science (February 2017)
Music
Physical Education
Principal (beginning May 1, 2013)
Reading Teacher
Reading Specialist
School Counselor
School Nurse
School Psychologist
School Social Worker
Sciences
Biology
Chemistry
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Physics
Social Sciences
Economics
Geography
History
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology and Anthropology
Special Education General Curriculum
Speech-Language Pathologist
Superintendent
Teacher of Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Teachers of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Technology Education
Technology Specialist
Transitional Bilingual Education - Language Proficiency
Arabic
Assyrian
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Burmese
Cantonese
Chin (Haka)
Ewe
Filipino
French
Greek
Gujarati
Hindi
Japanese
Kaniobal (Q'anjob'al)
Karen (S'gaw)
Kirundi (Rundi)
Korean
Lao
Lithuanian
Malay
Malayalam
Mandarin
Mongolian
Nepali
Polish
Portuguese
Rohingya (Ruwainggya)
Russian
Serbian
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Tamil
Telegu (Telugu)
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Yoruba
Visual Arts
"Test Items" are specific questions asked on a test that require a person either to select the correct response from those alternative responses provided or to produce a written or oral response.
"Test Objective" is a statement of the behavior or performance measured by test items.
"Unauthorized Aids" are materials and devices that candidates are prohibited from bringing to a test administration. These include notes, calculators, calculator watches, calculator manuals, cellular phones, electronic communication devices, visual or audio recording or listening devices, and any other items whose use may compromise the security or validity of a test. However, any material or device that is permitted as part of an accommodation arranged pursuant to Section 25.740 shall not be considered an unauthorized aid. Furthermore, a calculator shall not be considered an unauthorized aid when its use is authorized pursuant to the current ILTS registration bulletin and the contractor's web site.
