The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) requires that the College of Education and Human Services report on and display four CAEP Accountability Measures. These measures provide students and stakeholders with information and data on Lindenwood University’s Education Preparation Providers (EPP) teacher candidate and graduate outcomes and impact on P-12 students.

The College of Education and Human Services reports can be found in the following list of CAEP measures with links to the supporting evidence and documentation.

Measure 1 (Initial): Completer effectiveness. (R4.1) Data must address: (a) completer impact in contributing to P-12 student-learning growth AND (b) completer effectiveness in applying professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

The COEHS has administered a survey for program completers from 2021-2022 to share their most recent Missouri Educator Evaluation System (MEES) results, as prepared by their supervising principal.  This survey will help the COEHS/EPP identify and analyze the impact that our program completers have on P-12 student learning and growth, as well as their effectiveness in applying professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

• Impact on P-12 Learning and Teaching Effectiveness

Measure 2 (Initial and Advanced): Satisfaction of employers and stakeholder involvement. (R4.2|R5.3| RA4.1)

Each year, the Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA) and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) collects data from the principals of first-year teachers across the state of Missouri. This survey provides satisfaction ratings from principals of first-year teachers who completed an education preparation program through Lindenwood University’s College of Education and Human Services. This data is collected annually by DESE and OSEDA for the Curriculum and Instruction Teacher Education program, as well as the School Counseling and School Administration programs. The supervisors of first-year counselors and principals are also surveyed each year to measure the effectiveness of those who complete the COEHS school counseling and school administration programs.

• First Year Teacher's Principal Evaluation 2023
• First Year Counselor's Supervisor Evaluation 2023
• First Year Principal's Supervisor Evaluation 2023

Measure 3 (Initial and Advanced): Candidate competency at completion. (R3.3)

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education publishes annual performance reports for completers of the LU COEHS programs that provide Initial Teacher Certification, as well as the advanced programs.

Initial teacher certification completers are defined as candidates who have earned a teacher education degree and qualify for Missouri teaching certification. Advanced program completes are defined as individuals who have earned a school counseling degree and qualify for counseling certification.  

Candidates seeking building- and district-level administration certification are not required to pass the Missouri Content Assessment to complete the program. They are required to pass the content assessment for certification. Therefore, not all program completers will be able to provide this information to the COEHS at the time of their graduation.

Beginning with the 2022-23 Annual Performance Report, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will calculate Educator Preparation Programs scores for accreditation in the following manner.

1. Data generated by and about Certification Candidates will be used to generate up to three Certification Type scores for an EPP, one for Teachers and one each for School Counselors and School leaders, depending upon the programs offered at the EPP.
2. Scores for each Certification Type will then be combined to create an EPP score.
   • Certification Type scores will be weighted based upon the number of candidates in the Certification Type relative to the EPP’s total number of Certification Candidates.
   • For example, for an EPP with 75 teacher candidates and 25 school leader candidates, the Teacher Certification Type score would count for 75% of the EPP score.

This data, although reported annually, is considered for accreditation based on five years of data. Because the performance assessment for Teacher Education was revised in 2021-2022, only two years of data are reported here. Seventy percent (70%) or higher is recommended for accreditation.

*(based on percentage of the EPP’s candidates in Certification Type)

• 2022-23 Annual Performance Report

Measure 4 (Initial and Advanced): Ability of completers to be hired (in positions for which they have prepared.)

Each year, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides employment data on education personnel who completed a program of study through Lindenwood University's EPP and are currently employed in K-12 Missouri Public Schools. The employment rate for the last three years can be found in the following document.

• Placement Data (2018-2023)