ERIC Number: ED600818
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Oct
Pages: 48
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From the Clinical Experience to the Classroom: Assessing the Predictive Validity of the Massachusetts Candidate Assessment of Performance. Working Paper No. 223-1019
Chen, Bingjie; Cowan, James; Goldhaber, Dan; Theobald, Roddy
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
We evaluate the predictive validity of the Massachusetts Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP), a practice-based assessment of teaching skills that is typically taken during a candidate's student teaching placement and is a requirement for teacher preparation program completion in Massachusetts. We find that candidates' performance on the CAP predicts their in-service summative performance evaluations the following year and provides a signal of future teacher effectiveness beyond what is already captured by the state's traditional licensure tests. Our findings add to a growing literature demonstrating that it is possible to collect information about the skills of "prospective" teachers during their teacher preparation experience that are predictive of the "in-service" outcomes of teachers.
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Teaching Skills, Student Teaching, Student Placement, Teacher Education Programs, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Summative Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, State Standards, Alignment (Education), Scores, Formative Evaluation
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-403-5796; Fax: 202-403-6783; e-mail: info@caldercenter.org; Web site: https://caldercenter.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305H170025