期刊名称：Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
电子版ISSN：2692-7721
出版年度：2013
卷号：7
期号：1
DOI：10.20429/gamte.2013.070103
语种：English
出版社：Georgia Southern University
摘要：Beginning in fall 2015, Georgia will require that all teacher candidates pass the edTPA, a performance-based assessment, as a requirement for initial certification. With the potential to impact teacher preparation programs in a profound way, the questions and issues related to the implementation of edTPA merit some critical reflection. In this article, we introduce the brief history of the instrument and review the basics of edTPA with a particular interest in middle grades mathematics. Furthermore, drawing upon our experience with edTPA during a pilot program and the extensive knowledge base of edTPA rubrics and scoring process, we present issues related to the implementation by examining a list of focus questions relevant to different stakeholders in teacher preparation programs. It is hoped that teacher educators have a meaningful opportunity to examine the new teacher performance assessment and inform their teaching policy and practice.
