ERIC Number: EJ1151175
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
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Evaluating Prospective Teachers: Testing the Predictive Validity of the EdTPA
Goldhaber, Dan; Cowan, James; Theobald, Roddy
Journal of Teacher Education, v68 n4 p377-393 Sep-Oct 2017
We use longitudinal data from Washington State to provide estimates of the extent to which performance on the edTPA, a performance-based, subject-specific assessment of teacher candidates, is predictive of the likelihood of employment in the teacher workforce and value-added measures of teacher effectiveness. While edTPA scores are highly predictive of employment in the state's public teaching workforce, evidence on the relationship between edTPA scores and teaching effectiveness is more mixed. Specifically, continuous edTPA scores are a significant predictor of student mathematics achievement in some specifications, but when we consider that the edTPA is a binary screen of teaching effectiveness (i.e., pass/fail), we find that passing the edTPA is significantly predictive of teacher effectiveness in reading but not in mathematics. We also find that Hispanic candidates in Washington were more than 3 times more likely to fail the edTPA after it became consequential in the state than non-Hispanic White candidates.
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Performance Based Assessment, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Teacher Effectiveness, Value Added Models, Employment Potential, Evaluation Methods, Student Records, School Statistics, Teacher Certification, Testing Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: Washington
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305C120008