How to use the teacher certification stage score calculator
Competitive selections, such as ranked teacher hiring rounds, fellowships and some public-sector exams, are often decided in two stages, where only candidates who clear the written stage go on to the performance or interview stage. (Teacher licensure tests such as Praxis are pass/fail and are not combined this way.) That makes it different from simply adding two scores together: how much of the first-stage result follows a candidate into the final ranking varies by employer and program, and some processes treat the first stage purely as a qualifying screen. This page lets you pick that behaviour.
Each stage is first converted to a score rate of points divided by the maximum, which puts maximums of 80 and 100 on the same footing. The stage 1 weight is then applied, and when partial carry is selected that weight is multiplied once more by the carry rate to give the weight actually used. Whatever remains belongs to stage 2. Alongside the final score the page prints the formula it used, the weights actually applied and the points each stage contributed.
Weights and carry rules differ by employer, program and cycle, so none are built in; only your entries are used. The page does not decide whether you passed, does not estimate a ranking cutoff, and does not handle trimmed means across interview panellists or letter-grade conversion. It stops at combining the two stages.
Frequently Asked Questions
In a two-stage process where only stage 1 passers sit stage 2, it is how much of the stage 1 result follows you into the final score. Enter 50 if half of it counts; some processes carry none of it at all.
No, not directly. This page converts each stage into a score rate first and then applies its weight, so maximums of 80 and 100 still combine in the intended proportion.
Yes, the formula used is printed with the result. Because the carry setting changes the weights that are actually applied, reading the formula alongside the score is worth the glance.