EdTPA

The Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)> is a performance-based, subject-specific assessment and support system used by teacher preparation programs throughout the United States to emphasize, measure and support the skills and knowledge that all teachers need from Day 1 in the classroom. There are 27 different teaching fields the assessment covers, yet each features a common architecture focused on three tasks: planning, instruction, and assessment.

Content Areas

In the State of Tennessee, the intended teaching endorsement determines the assessment area. See the current list of assessment areas> offered by edTPA. 

Why do I have to complete edTPA?

In October of 2016, the Tennessee State Board of Education (SBE) passed the Professional Assessments Policy 5.105 on final reading. That policy states:

"To become fully licensed to teach in Tennessee, educators must demonstrate both content and pedagogical competencies. Current policy requires the use of the Praxis assessment series for assessments of core knowledge and content knowledge. This item recommends the adoption of a new required assessment of pedagogical and pedagogical content knowledge-the edTPA-for all initial licensure candidates by January 2019."

Therefore, if you are seeking initial teacher licensure in Tennessee, you must pass edTPA. View SBE's summary of content areas and minimum scores>.

Cost

As mentioned above, the edTPA is broken up into three tasks: planning, instruction, and assessment. Each task costs $100 per submission, totaling $300.

For your first submission, the total cost is incorporated into your tuition, so there is no additional cost required out of pocket. However, should you receive a failing score on any/all of your submissions, any subsequent costs will come out of pocket.