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Gitomer, Drew H.; Martínez, José Felipe; Battey, Dan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
In 2019, Drew H. Gitomer, Dan Battey, and José Felipe Martínez published a paper detailing apparent violations of fundamental principles and norms in the reporting of technical information about the edTPA, a widely used high-stakes assessment for teacher licensure. In this article, they describe and criticize the lack of appropriate response to…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, High Stakes Tests, Test Construction
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Hébert, Cristyne – Teaching Education, 2019
This article examines the edTPA, an assessment for teacher candidates in the United States that, in traditional teacher education programs, is completed within a student teaching placement. Exploring literature that highlights the function of the placement and the role of the teacher education program and cooperating teacher in shaping the…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Student Teaching, Teacher Education Programs
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Hildebrandt, Susan A.; Swanson, Pete – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
Implemented in almost 900 teacher education programs across 41 states and the District of Columbia, edTPA is marketed as a content-specific, standardized portfolio assessment of beginning teacher performance. However, concerns about edTPA and its content specificity are pervasive. To that end, the researchers surveyed teacher educators with World…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction