The edTPA is a performance-based, subject-specific assessment and support system used by more than 600 teacher preparation programs in some 40 states to emphasize, measure and support the skills and ...

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 edTPA assessment should be done away with in New Jersey as the national teacher shortage only grows more dire, nine organizations, including the state’s largest teacher’s union, said in a letter ...

This news will be well received by a lot of educators: Today, the Georgia Professional Standards Commission removed the requirement that all teacher candidates complete the edTPA, or Educators' ...

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 ...

For education majors to become licensed, certified teachers, many states require them to pass a national performance assessment — either the edTPA, administered through Pearson, or the Praxis ...

A new study has a strong indictment of the performance-based licensing test edTPA: The test results are not always reliable or precise, and in fact, can be “misleading.” And the researchers argue that ...

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 ...

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Jul. 19—On Tuesday, July 12, the Alabama State Board of Education modified teacher certification requirements to allow more teachers in classrooms in the fall amid staffing shortages. The changes are ...