Education Specialist California Teaching Performance Assessment (EdSp CalTPA)
EdSp CalTPA is offered in the following credential areas*:
- Extensive Support Needs
- Mild to Moderate Support Needs
Performance assessment consisting of two instructional cycles:
- Instructional Cycle 1: Learning About Students with IEPs and Planning Instruction
- Assessment-Driven Instruction for Students with IEPs
*Translations or transcripts are NOT required for the following:
- concurrent bilingual candidates who are in a placement where a language other than English is exclusively used for instruction, or who are in a placement where both English and another language are used for instruction
NOTE: Analysis and reflection narratives must be primarily in English
- candidates registered for the World Languages assessment
- candidates using American Sign Language (ASL) in a classroom setting with students who are deaf or hard of hearing
- candidates using Braille instructional materials in a classroom setting with students who are visually impaired
For all other candidates, any evidence in a language other than English must be accompanied by a translation.
For the first year of operation, the Commission has approved a compensatory scoring model identical to the one adopted for the pilot study and field test. Candidates will need to complete each cycle with an expected performance level of at least "2" across all rubrics and no more than one rubric with a score of "1" on each cycle. Candidates who do not meet this expected performance level on both of the Instructional Cycles in the 2018–2019 operational administration may receive coaching and support and retake the appropriate CalTPA Instructional Cycle(s). A Standard Setting Study will be conducted in spring 2019 to establish Cycle-specific passing standards for Commission approval in summer 2019 (see the
August 2018 Commission Item 2C 
).
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