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Reagan, Emilie Mitescu; Schram, Thomas; McCurdy, Kathryn; Chang, Te-Hsin; Evans, Carla M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
Summative performance assessments in teacher education, such as the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) and the edTPA, have been heralded through polices intended to enhance the quality of the teaching profession and raise its stature among other professions. However, the development and implementation of the PACT, and…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
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DeBray, Elizabeth; McDermott, Kathryn A.; Frankenberg, Erica; Blankenship, Ann Elizabeth – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education made grants to eleven school districts under the Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans (TASAP) program. The impetus for the program came from the Council of Great City Schools, which was concerned that school districts would respond to a recent Supreme Court decision by dismantling policies…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Technical Assistance, School District Spending
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Meuwissen, Kevin W.; Choppin, Jeffrey M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
The edTPA is a teaching performance assessment (TPA) that the states of New York and Washington implemented as a licensure requirement in 2013. While TPAs are not new modes of assessment, New York and Washington are the first states to use the edTPA specifically as a compulsory, high-stakes policy lever in an effort to strengthen the quality and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Certification
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Pitre, Paul E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2011
This study examines Washington State's attempt to move toward an integrated, P-20 system of education that enhances student transitions from high school to college. In analyzing Washington as a single case study, a profile of the state is developed on key access related characteristics. Data for this study were gathered utilizing fundamental case…
Descriptors: Position Papers, Legislators, Transitional Programs, Articulation (Education)