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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 ...

Earlier in the month, a viewpoint was posted about the new requirement of submission of an edTPA portfolio by all incoming teachers in Connecticut as yet another barrier to teachers entering education ...

Morehead State University's Ernst & Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education is celebrating a historic academic milestone after student-teachers achieved the highest Educative Teacher Performance ...

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 ...

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' ...

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This 2019-2020 academic year, teacher candidates across Connecticut have begun to take a high-stakes performance test — the edTPA — during their student teaching semester. For at least two years, ...

Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed a bill into law that will free teaching candidates from having to pass a controversial and expensive test to become certified to teach in New Jersey. The Educative ...