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Warner, Connor K. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
This qualitative study explores the experiences of a cohort of pre-service teachers completing a high-stakes teacher performance assessment (HSTPA), the Kansas Performance Teaching Portfolio (KPTP), during their final year of teacher preparation. The inquiry asks whether the act of completing the assessment modified candidate conceptualizations of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, High Stakes Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness
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Napolitano, Kristen V.; Marrero, Meghan E.; Gunning, Amanda M.; Brandon, Latanya T.; Riccio, Jessica F. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
The teacher certification process can be overwhelming for early-career educators. Negotiating teacher identity, completing fieldwork hours, and navigating institutional expectations can stress the most resilient teacher candidates. These pressures are further compounded as teacher certification assessments, such as the edTPA, introduce additional…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers
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Sherfinski, Melissa; Hayes, Sharon; Zhang, Jing; Jalalifard, Mariam – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
We explore how two "happenings" representing different political, social, historical and economic influences converge to shape the narratives of preservice teachers and teacher educators in West Virginia. These happenings are the 2017-2018 edTPA roll out and the teacher strike of February 2018. We use the framework of sensemaking to…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Mentors, Performance Based Assessment
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Okhremtchouk, Irina S.; Newell, Patrick A.; Rosa, Rebecca – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
This study focuses on pre-service teachers' perspectives regarding how the process of completing the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) affected them academically, professionally, and personally. Two cohorts participated in this year-two study. Pre-service teachers' perspectives were acquired using a survey instrument comprised…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Performance Based Assessment, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education Programs