TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing pre-service teachers prior to certification
T2 - Perspectives on the performance assessment for california teachers (PACT)
AU - Okhremtchouk, Irina S.
AU - Newell, Patrick A.
AU - Rosa, Rebecca
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This study focuses on pre-service teachers' perspectives regarding how the process of completing the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) affected them academically, professionally, and personally. Pre-service teachers' perspectives were acquired using a survey instrument comprised of open-ended questions. In addition, pre-service teachers' self-confidence levels pertaining to assessment task components of PACT (i.e., planning, instruction, assessment, reflection, and academic language) were measured prior to the execution of PACT portfolio assessment and these levels were compared to the actual scores on PACT. This study concludes with implications for teacher educators and teacher education programs implementing pre-service teacher assessments; these implications include policy level suggestions as well as a discussion of intended and unintended consequences of the PACT assessment on the pre-service teachers.
AB - This study focuses on pre-service teachers' perspectives regarding how the process of completing the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) affected them academically, professionally, and personally. Pre-service teachers' perspectives were acquired using a survey instrument comprised of open-ended questions. In addition, pre-service teachers' self-confidence levels pertaining to assessment task components of PACT (i.e., planning, instruction, assessment, reflection, and academic language) were measured prior to the execution of PACT portfolio assessment and these levels were compared to the actual scores on PACT. This study concludes with implications for teacher educators and teacher education programs implementing pre-service teacher assessments; these implications include policy level suggestions as well as a discussion of intended and unintended consequences of the PACT assessment on the pre-service teachers.
KW - Certification/licensure
KW - PACT
KW - Pre-service teacher assessments
KW - Teacher beliefs
KW - Teacher education
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U2 - 10.14507/epaa.v21n56.2013
DO - 10.14507/epaa.v21n56.2013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879822725
SN - 1068-2341
VL - 21
JO - Education Policy Analysis Archives
JF - Education Policy Analysis Archives
ER -