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Paugh, Patricia; Wendell, Kristen Bethke; Power, Christine; Gilbert, Michael – Teaching Education, 2018
This three year qualitative study of a university pilot of the edTPA, a performance assessment for preservice teachers, questioned candidates' learning at the nexus of claims that the edTPA serves a dual role as both a formative assessment for candidates' ongoing learning as well as a summative assessment of their readiness to teach. The analysis…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Qualitative Research, Performance Based Assessment
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Sandlin, Benjamin; Harshman, Jordan; Yezierski, Ellen – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
A 2011 report by the Department of Education states that understanding how teachers use results from formative assessments to guide their practice is necessary to improve instruction. Chemistry teachers have goals for items in their formative assessments, but the degree of alignment between what is assessed by these items and the teachers' goals…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Chemistry, Test Items, Behavioral Objectives