CUNY edTPA Launch
October 12, 2012
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Shifts in Educator Certification Exams for
Teachers (Traditional)
Current Assessments for Teacher
Certification
Planned Assessments for
Teacher Certification
edTPA
Assessment of Teaching
Skills -Written
Educating All Students Test
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Test
Academic Literacy Skills Test
Content Specialty Test
Revised Content Specialty Test
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NYS Adoption of the edTPA
In March 2012, the NYS Board of Regents adopted the edTPA as the
NYS performance assessment for initial certification for the
following reasons:
1. Because of the intended multi-state administration, the edTPA
potentially offers more data to determine field credibility, validity
analysis, and ongoing rigor.
2. The edTPA will have been field tested with a much larger number of
candidates, increasing the reliability and validity of the assessment.
3. The potential multi-state administration will provide a larger data
set to benchmark New York against other states—both at the
outset, when we set passing scores for initial certification, and in
the future, as we monitor the effectiveness of certification policies
in practice.
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Questions from the
CUNY Session
These slides are for discussion purposes only. The content of these slides may be
subject to change as the examination is implemented and/or if Department
regulations are amended.
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Which edTPA :Gifted and Talented
• edTPA is a requirement for initial certification
areas; additional edTPAs will not be needed for
extensions.
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Which edTPA : Bilingual
• edTPA is a requirement for initial certification
areas; additional edTPAs will not be needed for
extensions.
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Which edTPA : CTE
• CTE candidates will continue to take the
ATS-W until such time that a performance
assessment for CTE is developed.
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**The Department will be recommending amendments to the proposed regulations
that were discussed at the September 2012 Board of Regents meeting.
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Dual Cert: Which edTPA
• Dual Cert candidates will only need to
complete one edTPA. Candidates and
programs should work together to determine
the edTPA that is most appropriate. The
Department will be putting out additional
guidance crosswalking edTPA handbooks with
certification areas as we move closer to
implementation.
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Communication with P-12
• A roll-out plan for school superintendents and
administration notification is being developed
by NYSED. This plan includes written
correspondence, presentations and outreach to
inform key stakeholders on edTPA including:
• Letter to the field
• Monthly newsletter
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Videotaping and edTPA
• Pearson and SCALE have prepared the
document "Confidentiality and Security of
edTPA Field Test Materials and Assessment
Data," which outlines comprehensive security
and confidentiality policies.
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Timeline Justification
• The change in the timeline was presented at
the Feb 2012 BOR meeting, where the
implementation date was pushed back a year.
This new date gave additional time to prepare
candidates and aligned with the Regents
Reform Agenda and Race to the Top timelines.
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Setting the Passing Score
• Data from the New York State Validation
Activity, which will be conducted in the spring
of 2013, will be used by New York State to
determine a state passing score. A committee
of New York educators, determined by NYSED,
will be informed by the Validation Activity data
and will recommend a passing score. Data
from the nationwide Field Test will also be
made available to the Standard Setting
Committee and NYSED personnel. The
Commissioner will set the state passing score.
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Resubmitting the TPA
• Candidates should consider timing as they
complete the edTPA, to allow time for
resubmission in the event that they do not pass.
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Assessments and Candidate Retention
• Many fields have licensure exams that may
cause people to leave the profession.
Programs, supervisors and cooperating
teachers can support candidates, but
ultimately the decision to leave a field is at the
discretion of our teacher candidates.
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Establishment of Placements
• Department regulations currently require 2
college-supervised student-teaching
experiences of at least 20 days; or at least two college supervised practica with individual
students or groups of students of at least 20
school days. Beyond that the timing and length
of placements are program decisions.
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What is the cost of the edTPA for Students?
• The final cost is still being determined.
However, the assessment fee is estimated to be
$300.
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Information about edTPA
• The NYSTCE website, www.nystce.nesinc.com,
provides edTPA information, including links to
additional resources.
• Additional questions can be directed to
edcertpolicy@mail.nysed.gov
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Thank You.
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