Carver HS Take Part in Pilot for New BACKstage Technical Theatre Proficiency Exam

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Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology, the BACKstage Technical Theatre Pilot Exam will test high school students’ competency in a broad range of technical theatre topics. Carver High School for Applied Technology, Engineering, and the Arts will be taking part in the pilot.

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) and USITT hope that the program will help establish technical theatre as a viable career and technical education pathway.

The exam has been written by a team of educators and industry professionals and will be taken by several thousand students in 171 schools in 39 U.S. states and Taiwan as part of the pilot program. A pre-test will be given between September 8 and October 22, and a post-test will be given next spring to finalize the exam further.

As for a general release, EdTA and USITT aim to make the exam available publicly within a year after the pilot program completes. The organizations will also pursue state and industry recognition for the finalized test.

“I am thankful to the people over the years who have put the work into our eSET program and to the team that used that program as the basis for this exam,” says USITT Executive Director David Grindle.

Jabari Collins

The Department of Theater at Carver HS for Engineering, Applied Technology, and the Arts has charted a student chapter of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT). The campus is making history. Carver is the first school to have a USITT student chapter in the Aldine Independent School District. This is the first student chapter of the USITT in the district.

A full list of participating schools can be found at SchoolTheatre.org.