As the designers and developers of edTPA, SCALE regularly seeks input from the field to inform assessment improvements. We see this feedback as critical to our commitment to support programs and candidates as they implement edTPA and prepare to serve students. We are currently gathering input on how to make the assessment more user-friendly and easier to navigate, while preserving its core structure and rubric constructs.
Please note that any changes we make will not affect the reliability and validity of the established edTPA rubrics. The proposed updates focus on streamlining handbook format, directions, and prompts to increase clarity. Our primary goal is to improve candidate engagement with the educative elements of the assessment – in other words, to grow and learn from edTPA as they reflect on their beginning teaching. Click here to take a brief 5-minute survey about these proposed updates at your earliest convenience.

SCALE will convene the annual Teacher Performance Assessment Conference on October 19-20, 2018, in San Jose, CA. The event will be preceded by an invitation-only preconference day at Stanford University on October 18. The Program Committee welcomes proposals from implementers of edTPA, the P-12 community, and all individuals who support teachers and teacher candidates with performance assessment. This year, we are also excited to invite proposals from our international colleagues and educators who are involved with teacher performance assessment and evaluation on a global level. Please click here for more information about the 2018 conference and the call for proposals. The deadline for submitting proposals is June 15, 2018.

On October 19-21, 2018, the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity and AACTE will host the annual edTPA Implementation Conference for the edTPA consortium in the San Francisco Bay Area. The edTPA conference is an annual multi-day gathering of higher education administrators, faculty and supervisors, state education agencies and P-12 community members who are seeking to deepen their understanding of teacher performance assessment and network within a learning community of edTPA users.

The conference includes a keynote, welcome session, concurrent sessions, a plenary policy panel, and an evening reception. Attendees will have great opportunities to exchange ideas about edTPA implementation with a common goal of supporting candidates and teacher education programs with an educative experience related to examining evidence of learning and practice. This year’s conference will also include a focus on the performance assessment occurring internationally. We look forward to seeing you in October! Stay tuned for more information.