From knowing to doing: assessing the skills used to teach reading and writing

Phelps, Geoffrey; Bridgeman, Brent

doi:10.1007/s11145-022-10278-2

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“…It is also important to recognize that many, and perhaps most, current approaches to teacher preparation are missing several components specified in this logic model, in large part due to a lack of suitable assessments of teachers' performance (Phelps & Bridgeman, 2022; Phelps & Sykes, 2020). In many instances, teachers receive few opportunities to try out core practices as part of professional learning.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, while CKT assessments identify knowledge used in tasks such as evaluating student work or selecting material to meet particular learning goals, the new performance tasks focus on teaching skills such as explaining content procedures or modeling concepts (Phelps, Bridgeman, et al, 2020). Extending the CKT frameworks provides a useful basis for integrating practice‐based knowledge and skill (Phelps & Bridgeman, 2022; Phelps & Sykes, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This type of validity evidence provides strong support for focusing on particular core practices as part of practice-based professional preparation and as outcome measures to diagnose teacher learning and evaluate teacher education and professional development programs. It is also important to recognize that many, and perhaps most, current approaches to teacher preparation are missing several components specified in this logic model, in large part due to a lack of suitable assessments of teachers' performance (Phelps & Bridgeman, 2022;Phelps & Sykes, 2020). In many instances, teachers receive few opportunities to try out core practices as part of professional learning.…”

Section: Considering a Wider Range Of Assessment Uses For Performance...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Using Performance Tasks to Provide Feedback and Assess Progress in Teacher Preparation

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Kinsey,

Florek

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ETS Research Report Series

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This report presents results from a survey of 64 elementary mathematics and reading language arts teacher educators providing feedback on a new type of short performance task. The performance tasks each present a brief teaching scenario and then require a short performance as if teaching actual students. Teacher educators participating in the study first reviewed six performance tasks, followed by a more in‐depth review of two of the tasks. After reviewing the tasks, teacher educators completed an online survey providing input on the value of the tasks and on potential uses to support teacher preparation. The survey responses were positive with the majority of teacher educators supporting a variety of different uses of the performance tasks to support teacher preparation. The report concludes by proposing a larger theory for how the performance tasks can be used as both formative assessment tools to support teacher learning and summative assessments to guide decisions about candidates' readiness for the classroom.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%