Transcript Presenter Elaine Liszewski

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ATS-W
Assessment of Teaching
Skills - Written
NEW 2014 -2015
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LAST
Liberal Arts and Sciences
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CST
Content Specialty Test
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edTPA – Teacher
Performance Assessment
EAS – Educating all
Students
ALST – Academic Literacy
Skills
CST – Revised Content
Specialty Test 2013-2015
What is the edTPA?
The edTPA is designed to assess the 5
Dimensions of Teaching:
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Planning
Instruction
Assessment
Analysis of Teaching
Academic Language
Artifacts
15 Rubrics
Lesson plans, instructional
materials, student assignments,
assessments. Planning
commentary
Planning for content
understandings. Support students’
learning needs. Planning
assessment to monitor student
learning.
Unedited video clips
Instruction commentary
Demonstrating a positive and
engaging learning environment.
Engaging students in learning.
Deepening learning during
instruction. Subject-specific
pedagogy.
Samples of student work.
Summary of student learning.
Assessment commentary
Analyzing student learning.
Providing feedback to guide
learning. Supporting students’ use
of feedback
Analysis of Teaching
Planning commentary. Instruction
commentary. Assessment
commentary
Using knowledge of students to
inform planning. Analyzing
teaching. Using assessment to
inform instruction
Academic Language
Unedited video clips and/or
student work samples. Planning
and assessment commentaries
Identifying and supporting
language demands. Evidence of
language use to support content
understandings.
Planning
Instruction
Assessment
What certificate titles will be required to participate in
the edTPA?
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Agricultural Education
Business Education
Classical Languages
Early Childhood and Childhood Education
English to Speakers of Other Languages
Family and Consumer Sciences
Health Education
Middle Childhood Content Specialty Subjects
Performing Arts (Music, Dance, Theater)
Physical Education
Library Media Specialist
Literacy
Secondary Content Specialty Subjects
Special Education
Technology and Engineering Education
Visual Arts
What is the EAS?
The EAS is designed to ensure that candidates
meet the diverse needs of all learners.
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Selected-response items = 70% of the total test
score
Constructed-response items = 30% of the total
test score
Competency
Selected
Response
Constructed
Response
Approx. # of
Items
Approx. % of
Test Score
# of Items
Approx. % of
Test Score
Diverse Student
Populations
11
18%
1
10%
English Language
Learners
11
18%
1
10%
SWD and Other
Learning Needs
10
18%
1
10%
Teacher
Responsibilities
5
8%
School-Home
Relationships
5
8%
42
70%
3
30%
Total
What is the ALST?
The ALST requires candidates to demonstrate
competence in reading and writing aligned with
the Common Core Standards.
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Selected-response items
Constructed-response items
Extended writing assignment
Extended reading assignment
Competency
SelectedResponse
Approximate
# of Items
Reading
40
ConstructedResponse
Approximate
% of Test
Score
2 focused
response
1 extended
response
40
Approximate
% of Test
Score
40%
Writing
Total
# of Items
40%
3
60%
60%
What is the Content Specialty Test?
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A more rigorous subject specific test
Consists of multiple-choice questions and a
written assignment
To assess knowledge and skills in the subject
in the certificate sought.
GROUP 1
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English Language Arts
Health Education
Library Media Specialist
Literacy
Mathematics
Multi-Subject
Physical Education
Students with
Disabilities
Tests projected
availability date:
Spring 2014
1 Exam for each Grade Level:
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Early Childhood Education Birth-Grade 2
Childhood Education Grades 1-6
Middle Childhood Education Grades 5-9
Adolescent Generalist Grade 7-12
The Multi-Subject CST tests the
knowledge of English Language
Arts/Literacy, Mathematics and Arts and
Sciences or Science and Social Studies.
Candidates must pass all three parts. If a
candidate does not pass one part, they
may retake that portion of the test.
Group 2
Agriculture
• Business and Marketing
• Deaf and Hard of
Hearing
• Educational Technology
Specialist
• Family and Consumer
Sciences
• Gifted Education
• Technology Education
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Tests Projected
Availability date:
Fall 2014
Group 3
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American Sign Language
Biology
Blind and Visually Impaired
Chemistry
Dance
Earth Science
ESOL
Foreign Languages
Music
Physics
Social Studies
Social Studies
Theatre
Visual Arts
Tests projected
availability date:
Fall 2015
Candidates will take the
existing CST exam until
the revised CST becomes
available.
If applying for certification on or
after May 1, 2014, the new exams
will need to be taken.
Those candidates who apply on or
before April 30, 2014 but do not
meet all requirements prior to May
1, 2014 will be required to pass the
new exams
Test
Old Pricing
New Pricing
LAST
$79.00
$119.00
ATS-W
$79.00
$119.00
 CST
$79.00
$119.00
ATAS
$35.00
$79.00
ALST
$131.00
EAS
$102.00
edTPA
$300.00
 Test fees will change effective May 2014
CURRENT
School Building Leader
Assessment (SBL)
NEW
Revised School Building
Leader Assessment (SBL)
Educating all Students (EAS)
For candidates applying on
or after May 1, 2014.
Current
New
School District Leader
Assessment Part 1 and
Part 2
School District Leader
Assessment Part 1 and
Part 2
EAS – If completing NYS
Approved Teacher Prep.
Program and apply on or
after 5/1/2015
or
If completing Teacher
Prep. Program from
another state on or after
5/1/2014
As of January 1, 2014, all candidates
who apply for a new certificate or
license will be required to complete
a 6-hour D.A.S.A. workshop