This article examines the edTPA, an assessment for teacher candidates in the United States that, in traditional teacher education programs, is completed within a student teaching placement. Exploring literature that highlights the function of the placement and the role of the teacher education program and cooperating teacher in shaping the…

This article uses a scrapbook design to narrate the authors' experiences protesting the use of high-stakes performance assessments in teacher preparation programs by engaging in demonstrations during--and proposing policy at--the annual conventions of a large national teachers' organization. These narrations are used to raise questions about how…