SCALE is pleased to announce that registration for our 10th annual conference on teacher performance assessment is now open! The 2017 National edTPA Implementation Conference will convene Friday, November 3rd – Sunday, November 5, 2017, at the Hilton and Convention Center in San Jose, California.

The 2017-2018 edTPA portfolio submission and score reporting schedule has been posted on edtpa.com. This schedule includes a three-week turnaround time for score reporting in all 27 edTPA handbooks and is applicable to candidates registering for initial submissions, as well as to candidates registering for a partial- or full-assessment retake.

We are pleased to release the list of changes from 2016-2017 Handbooks to 2017-2018 Handbooks. There are no generic changes to the edTPA handbooks and only minor changes for the following fields:

• Classical Languages,
• Elementary Education,
• Elementary Literacy,
• Literacy Specialist,
• Special Education, and
• World Language.