Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of the California Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA)

[...]it is essential that state policy makers and university decision makers develop and implement assessments that reliably identify effective teachers. Because traditional paper-and-pencil tests of content knowledge do not assess teaching performance, policy makers in California mandated the teach...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Teacher education quarterly (Claremont, Calif.) Calif.), 2016-03, Vol.43 (2), p.51-71
Hauptverfasser:	Campbell, Conni, Ayala, Carlos Cuauhtémoc, Railsback, Gary, Freking, Frederick W., McKenna, Corey, Lausch, David
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Beginning Teachers Classrooms Clinical medicine Coding College instruction Credentialing Credentials Data Collection Decision Making Educational Practices Educational Testing Emotional Response Employee performance appraisals Evidence Based Practice Expectation Feedback Field study Learning Lesson Plans Licensing Examinations (Professions) Likert Scales Medical practice Mixed Methods Research Performance Based Assessment Performance tests Planning Polls & surveys Preservice Teachers Professional certification Reflective Teaching School districts Statistical Significance Student teachers Student teaching Summative Evaluation Teacher Attitudes Teacher Certification Teacher education Teacher Educators Teacher Effectiveness Teacher evaluation Teacher Surveys Teachers Teaching Teaching (Occupation) Teaching methods Time on Task Treaties Universities Validity
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]it is essential that state policy makers and university decision makers develop and implement assessments that reliably identify effective teachers. Because traditional paper-and-pencil tests of content knowledge do not assess teaching performance, policy makers in California mandated the teaching performance assessment (TPA) system. According to Pecheone and Chung (2006), many teacher educators at these campuses were dissatisfied by the content and format of the state's teacher performance assessment [CalTPA], which was designed as a generic assessment that applies across all grade levels and subject areas.
ISSN:	0737-5328