Findings: Midde school preparation
Because the vast majority of undergraduate and graduate elementary programs require only an 18-credit-hour concentration for those seeking a middle school endorsement (in keeping with Illinois regulations), they only met a small part or partially met this standard. In fact, no graduate elementary program met this standard by requiring a full major of a middle school endorsement candidate. On the undergraduate level, only Principia College fully met this standard, but it offers endorsements only in English and mathematics. Of programs offering a more complete set of endorsements, middle school endorsement requirements were closest to requiring a major at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
How Illinois institutions fare on this standard
