edTPA

Teacher Candidates complete the edTPA while enrolled in Clinical Internships I and II. The edTPA is a performance assessment that meets the following objectives:

• Help candidates develop the confidence and skills they need to be successful in urban, suburban, and rural schools.
• Provide a uniform and evidence-based process that can be used across states to confirm that aspiring teachers demonstrate their readiness for the classroom.
• Measure candidates’ ability to differentiate instruction for diverse learners, including English language learners and special education students.
• Inform teacher licensure and recruitment.
• Provide meaningful and consistent data that can be used to improve and update teacher preparation programs and renew program curriculum.
• Allow states, school districts, and teacher preparation programs to share a common framework for defining and measuring teaching performance.
• Create a body of evidence about teacher performance that will ultimately establish a national standard for relevant and rigorous practice that advances student learning.

Passing Scores for New Jersey

The following passing scores are effective September 1, 2019

13-Rubric Handbooks (Classical and World Languages)	32
15-Rubric Handbooks (All Other Content Areas)	37
18-Rubric Handbooks (Elementary Education)	44