Teacher Candidate Tensions with the edTPA: A Neoliberal Policy Analysis

Alexis Jones; Stacey J. Korson; Natasha C. Murray-Everett; Meghan A. Kessler; Dorian Harrison; Stephanie Cronenberg; Michael Lauren Parrish; Marilyn Johnston Parsons

doi:10.1080/00131725.2020.1790705

Teacher Candidate Tensions with the edTPA: A Neoliberal Policy Analysis

Alexis Jones, Stacey J. Korson, Natasha C. Murray-Everett, Meghan A. Kessler, Dorian Harrison, Stephanie Cronenberg, Michael Lauren Parrish, Marilyn Johnston Parsons

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Abstract

The edTPA, a recent example of a teacher candidate assessment, has influenced how teacher education classes are taught and how teacher candidates are learning. We describe three tensions present in candidate narratives during two separate years of edTPA implementation: attention to the edTPA rubrics vs. the student teachers’ real teaching, a focus on Pearson vs. the teacher education program, and candidates’ feelings of being monitored during the process rather than mentored.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	193-211
Number of pages	19
Journal	Educational Forum
Volume	85
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00131725.2020.1790705
State	Published - 2021

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assessment
diversity
edTPA
equity
teacher education

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Education

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