ERIC Number: EJ1470678
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 34
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
EISSN: EISSN-1552-3896
Available Date: 0000-00-00
The edTPA as a Barrier to Preparing Antiracist Teachers in California
Educational Policy, v39 n4 p786-819 2025
This paper explores the policy, pedagogy, and practice affordances and constraints of teacher education as an environment to develop pre-service teachers' antiracism commitments. Through critical analysis of interviews with pre-service teachers and teacher educators at three social justice-oriented teacher preparation programs, research findings indicate that the material consequences of passing the edTPA can lead pre-service teachers to deprioritize the antiracist or equitable frameworks that were emphasized in their program. The edTPA's inattention to racism and antiracist practice signals an irrelevance to some pre-service teachers. These findings have implications for how teacher educators may approach the edTPA in social justice-oriented programs.
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Racism, Social Justice, Teacher Educators, Program Effectiveness, Equal Education, Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Educational Policy, State Policy, Teaching Methods, Experience
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: edTPA (Teacher Performance Assessment)
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Author Affiliations: 1University of California, Santa Cruz, USA