edTPA

The edTPA is a preservice assessment process designed by educators to answer the essential question: “Is a teacher candidate ready for the job?” The edTPA was designed by teacher educators at the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE). SCALE is also known for developing the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) and the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) performance assessment.
Unlike other pre-service teacher assessments, the edTPA has a performance component wherein teacher candidate plans, teaches and assesses a 3-5 hour sequence of lessons known as the learning segment. The learning segment is taught in an actual P-12 classroom during the candidate’s student teaching period, or internship.
The College of Education was invited by SCALE to participate in the pilot of edTPA in spring 2011. Since then, the assessment was analyzed during an extensive two-year field test. In November 2013, SCALE released its report on the validity of the assessment. The assessment is now nationally available and is required for licensure in several states. (For more information, see http://edtpa.aacte.org/faq#51 .) According to SCALE, “the long-term expectation is that institutions of higher education, state education boards and professional standards boards throughout the United States will adopt edTPA as a mandatory requirement for the award of an education degree and/or for teacher licensure.”
During the 2013-2014 academic year, all of the teacher preparation programs in our EPP unit included the edTPA as part of the senior year experience. Over 500 portfolios were submitted and evaluated by trained ECU faculty, university supervisors and inservice teachers. The edTPA is not yet a requirement for licensure in North Carolina; however seven UNC institutions have incorporated the edTPA (at least in part) in their teacher preparation programs.
For more information about the edTPA, visit the SCALE website at https://scale.stanford.edu/teaching/edtpa

The edTPA addresses NCATE Standard 1 – Candidate Knowledge, Skills and Professional Dispositions. Data collected from the edTPA address Standard 2 – Assessment System and Unit Evaluation.

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