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SCEE hosted a special follow-up webinar showcasing a framework of key decision points and offering a set of questions states should address in designing evaluation systems that reflect measures of growth for all teachers.

The pre-reading for this webinar was an updated paper, “Considerations for Analyzing Educators’ Contributions to Student Learning in Non-Tested Subjects and Grades with a Focus on Student Learning Objectives. Continue reading “Student Learning Objectives and Educator Evaluation”

[box class=”grey_box”]Written by Deanna Hill[/box]

As AACTE and Stanford University’s Teacher Performance Assessment Consortium prepares for next spring’s field test of the new Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA), more states are joining the initiative and developing TPAfriendly policy.

Some 80 institutions in 21 states participated in the assessment’s pilot test in
spring 2011. Of the more than 140 institutions and 26 states involved in the consortium
(see map below), approximately 100 institutions from at least 21 states are expected to take part in the field test in spring 2012—with an estimated 10,000 candidates participating.

Meanwhile, states are developing policies that support implementation and scale-up of the TPA. Some states are responding to or operating under legislation requiring a performance assessment in preservice. Others are crafting policy to support programs’ use of the TPA during and following the field test. Still other states are waiting for data from the field test to make determinations about how best to use TPA within a system of assessments. The table on page 13 describes state policy development in the six accelerated states.

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[box class=”grey_box”]Written by Deanna Hill, Deb Hansen, and Circe Stumbo[/box]

This policy guide is intended to provide state policymakers and others with a framework of guiding questions to ask themselves as they consider adopting and implementing the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) in their state. TPA is a summative pre-service licensure assessment to ensure teacher candidates are well prepared and ready to effectively teach all children upon entry into the profession. For more information about the assessment, please go to AACTE’s Website.