EdSource

New teacher assessment: much promise, many questions

There is a major national education reform under way, with its origins in California; which may result in the creation of a national “bar exam” to enter the teaching profession; and yet few in the ...
The Herald-Sun

NC won’t raise the minimum score to pass teacher licensure exams. Here’s why.

The State Board of Education voted not to raise the passing score for teachers taking the edTPA exam to get their continuing professional license. Dreamstime TNS NC State Board of Education voted to ...
Education Week

edTPA Encourages Reflection, But Disrupts ‘Natural Learning Process,’ Teachers Say

Since its inception, the performance-based licensing test edTPA has stirred a lot of controversy. Supporters say that the assessment offers a high, nationally recognized standard, while critics argue ...
Science Daily

Teacher candidates lack a clear understanding of edTPA, study shows

The edTPA process in 2014 posed challenges for many teacher candidates in New York and Washington—the first two states to require successful edTPA completion for teacher certification. According to a ...
Education Week

18,000 Would-Be Teachers Took The edTPA Last Year. How’d They Do?

Pretty well, it turns out: Scores on the edTPA teacher-licensing exam seem to be on the rise, according to new research on the exam. The report comes from the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, ...