1. Tennessee edTPA Conference
October 16, 2017
Kellie Crawford

2. What is ?
Nationally available, subject-specific performance assessment
Focuses on student learning and principles from research and theory
Designed to be educative for candidates, preparation programs and policy makers 1

3. edTPA Development
Stanford University faculty and staff have been involved in the past 25-years in the development of performance-based assessments of teaching including the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
InTASC portfolio
Performance Assessment for California Teachers
Reflects substantive advice from teachers and teacher educators
Input from design and review team members comprised of
university faculty
national subject matter organization representatives
K-12 teachers 2

4. edTPA Field Testing
2009–2010: Initial design and small-scale tryout of assessment prototypes
2010–2011: Assessment revision with multi-state pilot test
2011–2012: First large-scale field test to inform revision of tasks, rubrics, scoring training, scoring, reporting
systems
2012–2013: Revision followed by second large-scale field test to establish validity and reliability of scores
and conduct standard setting process
2013–2014: Operational launch of edTPA 3

5. edTPA in TN January 2019 – required for initial teaching certificate
Cut Score – 42 (15 rubric handbooks)
Candidates may submit in lieu of PLT between now and then
Cut Score – 37 (15 rubric handbooks) 4

7. Who is Involved?

8. A Capstone Assessment
Campus designed formative assessments and coursework
edTPA as Capstone
Assessment
Integration of:
Planning
Instruction
Assessment
Analysis of Teaching
Academic Language
Observation/Supervisory
Evaluation & Feedback in Clinical Placements
Basic Skills and
Subject Matter Knowledge 7

9. 27 Subject-Specific Areas
Agriculture
Business
Classical Languages
Early Childhood
Educational Technology Specialist
Tech and Engineering
English as an Additional Language
Family & Consumer Science
Health
Performing Arts
Physical Education
Library Specialist
Literacy Specialist
Special Education
Visual Arts
World Language
Elementary Education
Literacy & Mathematics
Literacy
Mathematics
Middle Childhood
English-Language Arts
History/Social Studies
Science
Secondary

11. Summative Assessment of Teaching Practice
Common Architecture across 27 fields
Subject Specific “Learning Segment” of 3-5 days/hours of instruction
Plans based on contextual knowledge of the learning environment:
Academic, social emotional and language development
Prior academic learning, lived experiences, personal, community and cultural assets
Portfolio collection of artifacts and commentaries

12. edTPA Today
750+ participating education preparation programs around the country from 43 states
9,000+ members in the edTPA Online Community
33,000+ portfolios scored in 2016
100,000+ portfolios scored since September 2013 11

13. Evidence of Practice Task 1: Planning Task 2: Instruction Task 3:
Assessment
Context for Learning
Lesson Plans
Instructional Materials
Student assignments
Planning Commentary
Unedited Video Clips
Instruction Commentary
Evaluation criteria used to analyze student learning
Analysis of whole class assessment
Analysis of learning and sample of feedback to three students
Assessment Commentary

14. edTPA Rubric Blueprint
Task name: Rubric Title
Guiding Question
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Represents the knowledge and skills of a seriously struggling candidate who is not ready to teach
Represents the knowledge and skills of a candidate who is possibly ready to teach
Represents the knowledge and skills of a candidate who is qualified to teach
Represents a candidate with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills for a beginning teacher
Represents the advanced skills and abilities of a candidate very well qualified and ready to teach
For MOST fields, There are 15 subject-specific rubrics, five for each task. Each contains a focus, which can be found in the title, a guiding question, and five performance levels that illustrate a progression from “not ready to teach” to “stellar candidate.”
Level 1- Represents the knowledge and skills of a seriously struggling candidate who is not ready to teach
Level 2- Represents the knowledge and skills of a candidate who is possibly ready to teach.
Level 3- Represents the knowledge and skills of a candidate who is qualified to teach.
Level 4- is indicative of a candidate with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills for a beginning teacher
Level 5- Represents the advanced skills and abilities of a candidate very well qualified and ready to teach.

15. Rubric Progression 1 5 Teacher Focus Student Focus
Not Ready
Early Novice
Highly
Accomplished
Beginner 1 5
Teacher Focus
Student Focus
Whole Class
Individuals/ Flexible Groups
Intentional & Well Executed
Fragmented or
Indiscriminate

16. Rolling Submission Windows

17. Who Scores? 50% EPP faculty and 50% P-12 Educators who:
Are subject matter experts
Have experience mentoring or supervising beginning teachers
Have taught in that subject in the past 5 years
Taught methods or supervised student teachers in that field or
Administer teacher preparation programs 16

18. Scores and Score Reporting
Candidates
Aggregate score across all rubrics
Rubric-level descriptive feedback
Preparation Programs
Candidate-level scores
Aggregate data by field

19. Score Profile Score Summary Rubric Score Total edTPA Score
Average Rubric Score

20. Score Profile
Performance Description
Score Reporting

21. Additional Sources of Information
edTPA.com
edTPA.aacte.org