Making Evidence Based
Claims about Your Teaching
TPA Bootcamp
Lisa Borgerding and Joanne Caniglia
Task III Assessment
Which Tasks Require You to
Make Claims?
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You are expected to analyze
your students thinking and
learning in edTPA Task 3.
You must support your
explanations by citing
specific evidence from video
clips and/or student work
samples.
Which is more convincing?
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A. Most of my students did well on
the project
B. As shown in the pie chart, 70%
of the students attained Level 3 or 4
scores on the project.
YOU NEED EVIDENCE
Types of Assessment
When
Assessment
and
Instruction
are
interwoven,
it benefits
both teacher
and student.
Summative
Assessment—
Assessment OF
Learning.
PreAssessmentWhat do they
already know.
Formative
Assessment—
Assessment FOR
Learning.
Pre Assessment Ideas
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KWL Charts
Graphic Organizers
Pre-test
Response Cards
Student Discussions/ Think/Pair/Share
Show of hands/EPR (Every Pupil
Response)
Standardized Test Data
Teacher Observation
Writing Prompts
Writing Samples
Formative Assessment
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Cooperative Learning Activities
Exit Cards
Concept Maps
Interviews
KWLs
Questioning
Oral Presentations
Learning Logs
Summative Assessment
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Benchmark Test
Chapter Test
Unit Test
Performance Task
Product/Exhibit
Demonstration
Portfolio Review
Look for Themes
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Item Analysis
Pre/Post
Rubrics
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Take questions from parents.
Ask parents to fill out a questionnaire
about their child.
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Have them describe areas in which they
would like to see their child improve.
Have them describe their child's
personality, interests, and talents.
Rubrics
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Rubrics must match objectives
Make sure your claims are based on
the rubric..
Representing Your Data
Using Numbers
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When you have class scores to
report, be sure to use appropriate &
relevant statistics
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Average
Standard deviation
Range of scores
Using Graphs/Charts
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When do you use a…
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Bar graph
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Pie chart
Narrative
• Use direct quotations
from students’ papers
and from video
• Be sure to reference
where in the
video/assessments
you obtained quotes.
• Do NOT identify
students
• Be SPECIFIC ABOUT
EXAMPLES
Tips and Tricks for the TPA
 Outline
your writing –
what are your major
claims about your
students’ performance for
each rubric? What
evidence do you have to
support your claims?
More edTPA Tips
Make it obvious
for your
reviewers which
aspects of the
TPA rubrics you
are addressing.
To do this:
(1) Use the same
language used in
the TPA handbook.
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(2) Refer to
specific
elements
present in the
rubrics.
Tips for TPA
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Report for the whole target class as
well as the 3 focus students.
3-2-1
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Turn to a person and tell
them:
3 types of assessment
2 ways to use evidence in
your TPA
1 thing that you
learned that you’ll
use this semester.