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 ...

Teachers participate in a Common Core training session in Kingsport, Tenn. A new test known as edTPA, meant to better gauge if teachers are prepared for the classroom, is still getting mixed reviews, ...

“You send us your videos, lessons, and student work. We do the rest,” promises edTPA Tutoring, a website offering aspiring teachers help in passing the eponymous performance-based licensing exam. For ...

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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 ...

The edTPA process in 2014 posed challenges for many teacher candidates in New York and Washington—the first two states to require successful edTPA completion for teacher certification. According to a ...

The edTPA assessment should be done away with in New Jersey as the national teacher shortage only grows more dire, nine organizations, including the state’s largest teacher’s union, said in a letter ...