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Elementary Teacher Candidates’ Lived Experiences Of Edtpa Mathematics Assessment Task, Tiffany Jacobs

Early Childhood and Elementary Education Dissertations

Teacher performance assessments such as edTPA are increasing in use during teacher preparation programs as a means of evaluating teacher candidates’ instructional effectiveness and readiness for their own classrooms. This study was conducted in one of a growing number of states in the United States requiring successful completion of edTPA for initial teacher certifica- tion. Given edTPA’s recent implementation and high stakes nature, along with uncertainty about expectations for completion and success, careful scrutiny of the effects of the assessment on teacher candidates is warranted. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the lived experiences of elementary teacher …