BACKGROUND QUESTIONS
When you register for the CBEST, you will be asked to answer the following background questions. Providing accurate and complete background information about yourself is important; the information that you provide will be kept confidential.
The CTC uses the background information, including your ethnicity, gender, and date of birth, to satisfy legal requirements, to conduct research that benefits teacher preparation programs, and to help ensure the fairness and quality of the CBEST. This information will be analyzed as group (not individual) data only. It may be used for statistical and research purposes and will not be used, in whole or in part, to make a determination about any individual.
If you register on the Internet, you will answer the following questions interactively as you register. If you are required to register by mail, enter your responses to the following questions on the registration form. Each section number corresponds to the section of the registration form where you will record your response.
Ethnicity (section 3 on registration form)Which option best describes your ethnic background? |
Best Language
(section 8 on the registration form)
What is your best language of communication? |
First Language(s)
(section 9 on the registration form)
What language(s) did you first learn as a child? |
Father's
Education (section 10 on the registration form)
What is the highest level of education completed by your father or male guardian? |
Mother's
Education (section 11 on the registration form)What is the highest level of education completed by your mother or female guardian? |
High School
Attendance (section 12 on the registration form)How much of your high school education did you complete in California? |
High School
Grade Point Average (section 13 on the registration
form)What was your high school cumulative grade point average (based on a system in which 4.0 = A)? |
Educational
Level (section 14 on the registration form)What is the highest level of education you have completed? (For most individuals, possession of a high school diploma or the equivalent is required to take the CBEST.) |
Undergraduate
College or University Attended (section 15 on the registration
form)If you have earned a bachelor's degree, indicate the four-year college or university where you earned that degree by entering the number shown for your college/university in "Institution Codes." If you have not earned a bachelor's degree, but are or have been enrolled as an undergraduate student in a college or university, indicate the college or university where you are currently or were last enrolled. If you have never been enrolled in a college or university, enter code 398. |
High School
Mathematics (section 16 on the registration form)Which of the following high school mathematics courses have you successfully completed? (Fill in all that apply.) |
College
Mathematics (section 17 on the registration form)Which of the following college mathematics courses have you successfully completed as an undergraduate? (Fill in all that apply.) |
Mathematics
Institution (section 18 on the registration form)If you have successfully completed any of the college mathematics courses listed in section 17, did you complete most or all of those courses as an undergraduate at the college or university you indicated in response to section 15? (If you have not successfully completed any of the college mathematics courses listed in section 17, leave this section blank.) |
High School
English (section 19 on the registration form)Which of the following high school English courses have you successfully completed? (Fill in all that apply.) |
College
English (section 20 on the registration form)Which of the following college English courses have you successfully completed as an undergraduate? (Fill in all that apply.) |
English
Institution (section 21 on the registration form)If you have successfully completed any of the college English courses listed in section 20, did you complete most or all of those courses as an undergraduate at the college or university you indicated in response to section 15? (If you have not successfully completed any of the college English courses listed in section 20, leave this section blank.) |
College
Grade Point Average (section 22 on the registration
form)What is your cumulative undergraduate grade point average to date or, if you have graduated from college, your final undergraduate grade point average (based on a system in which 4.0 = A)? |
Years Since
Bachelor's Degree (section 23 on the registration form)How many years has it been since you earned your bachelor's degree? |
Professional
Preparation (section 24 on the registration form)What stage have you reached in your professional preparation as an educator? |
Employment
Status (section 25 on the registration form)Which of the following best describes your current employment status? |
Special
Preparation (section 26 on the registration form)Have you taken any special test preparation courses or tutorials within the past year that were intended specifically to help you pass the CBEST? |
State Requirement
(section 27 on the registration form)For which state's legal requirements are you taking the CBEST? (If you respond that you are taking the CBEST to satisfy legal requirements in Oregon, your scores will be reported to the TSPC in addition to the CTC.) |
Credential
Type (CALIFORNIA CANDIDATES ONLY) (section 28 on the
registration form)What type of credential or permit are you now seeking? |
Purpose
for Taking the CBEST (CALIFORNIA CANDIDATES ONLY) (section
29 on the registration form)What is your main purpose for taking the CBEST? (See Rule 6 in the Rules of Test Participation.) |
Purpose
for Taking CBEST (OREGON CANDIDATES ONLY) (section
30 on the registration form)What is your main purpose for taking the CBEST? (See Rule 6 in the Rules of Test Participation.) |
| Note: You will only be asked the following questions if you register on the Internet. |
Reason for Taking a Paper-Based Test (CANDIDATES TAKING A PAPER-BASED TEST ONLY)
Which reasons best describe why you selected the paper-based test rather than the computer-based test? (Select all that apply.) |
Reason for Taking a Computer-Based Test (CANDIDATES TAKING A COMPUTER-BASED TEST ONLY)
Which reasons best describe why you selected the computer-based test rather than the paper-based test? (Select all that apply.) |
2009–2010 CBEST Registration Bulletin
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