Policy, Professionalization, Privatization, and Performance Assessment Affordances and Constraints for Teacher Education Programs

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Synopsis

This volume reviews the background of mandated teacher performance assessment with an emphasis on policy, privatization, and professionalization. The authors discuss the potential impact of mandated teacher performance assessments on teacher education in the content areas of mathematics, English, and social studies. The perspectives and empirical research examined in this conceptual analysis illustrate the various ways in which the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) promises to restructure teacher education in the United States. The authors consider both the affordances and the constraints that teacher performance assessments offer for teacher preparation programs, and conclude by discussing the implications of the intersections among policy, privatization, professionalization, and performance assessments of teachers, as well as the relationship between performance assessments and teacher education. The impact of the edTPA on the development of signature pedagogies in teacher education is also discussed.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2016
Series:
SpringerBriefs in Education
Author:
Theresa J. Gurl, Limarys Caraballo, Leslee Grey, John H. Gunn, David Gerwin, Héfer Bembenutty
ISBN:
9783319291468
Related ISBNs:
9783319291444
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2019-09-16
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2016
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction, Politics and Government