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Context Matters: Unpacking National Teacher Assessments and the edTPA in Four States

Mon, April 7, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 113C

Session Type: Symposium

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This symposium highlights research from five diverse teacher preparation programs and pathways into teaching in California, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington. Together, we will shed light on the impact of the system contexts, which influence the implementation of large-scale teacher performance assessments such as the edTPA. Fullan (2000) warns that, “large-scale change cannot be achieved if individual states identify only with their own states, and are not similarly concerned with the success of other states and the country as a whole” (p. 23). In giving voice to teacher educators in a variety of geographic, institutional, and economic settings, this symposium has the potential to contribute to the national dialogue and provide understanding to this ever growing preservice teacher reform.

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