Once lauded for its potential to increase the quality of novice educators entering the teaching profession by representing a performance-based assessment akin to professional licensure examinations in other fields, edTPA was discontinued by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) as a required credential for professional educator certification in the state of Georgia after almost six years of implementation. The decision accompanied the removal of a second ethics assessment in the midst of school and testing center closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite administrative efforts to clarify accommodations for completing the portfolio-based assessment in online teaching environments. Time will tell if our institution's temporary solution to replace edTPA will lead to the meaningful changes in teacher education envisioned by our college