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The Educational Forum Volume 85, 2021 - Issue 2
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Teacher Candidate Tensions with the edTPA: A Neoliberal Policy Analysis

Alexis Jonesa Department of Teaching, Learning, and Foundations, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Stacey J. Korsonb Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, USA
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Natasha C. Murray-Everettc Department of Curriculum and Instruction/Literacy Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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Meghan A. Kesslerd Department of Teacher Education, University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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Dorian Harrisone Department of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, Newark, Ohio, USA
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Stephanie Cronenbergf Mason Gross School of the Arts, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5820-4183
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Michael Lauren Parrishg Academic and Student Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA
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Marilyn Johnston Parsonsh Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA
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Pages 193-211 | Received 05 Apr 2019, Accepted 09 Sep 2019, Published online: 18 Aug 2020
 
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Abstract

The edTPA, a recent example of a teacher candidate assessment, has influenced how teacher education classes are taught and how teacher candidates are learning. We describe three tensions present in candidate narratives during two separate years of edTPA implementation: attention to the edTPA rubrics vs. the student teachers’ real teaching, a focus on Pearson vs. the teacher education program, and candidates’ feelings of being monitored during the process rather than mentored.

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