[az_gila]

...We had a math certification test, that I passed easily, but I would say that the questions on this test were more difficult than my certificate test (in other words, they were easier in my district that in this district). But I would say that a math teacher should be able to understand and perform at the level of this test.....

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Exactly, but are they the right questions for an English or a History teacher as examples?

As I read the original article it seems like this math test was for all elementary school teachers.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Actually, I am in favor of all teachers being able to do this level of math, but the ones who are tasked with teaching it need to also understand why the solutions to the problems work.

So I would favot the second section of the test where identifying the student’s mistakes and showing why they do not work is part of the math teachers requirement. I would not require English teachers or reading teachers to take the student problems, but English and Reading teachers would need to be profecient in understanding and teaching these other subjects.

I don’t know how the test was used in the district, if they require all teachers to be proficient in math, then all teachers should teach math each day. Maybe that is the job of elementary teachers in this district, but these were not elementary student math problems.