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State board phases out edTPA; requires four formal clinical observations for licensure
Summary
The State Board of Education approved phasing out the edTPA and replacing it with stronger clinical-practice requirements, including a minimum of four formal observations during clinical practice and a submission window for educator preparation programs to gain department approval for observation tools.
The State Board of Education's Educator Licensure Review Committee heard that the edTPA pedagogical assessment will be phased out beginning July 1, 2026, and that stronger clinical-practice requirements will take its place.
Michael Durnlein, deputy executive director of policy and research with the State Board of Education, said, "the edTPA will be phased out beginning on 07/01/2026. In place of this pedagogical assessment requirement, we are setting stronger requirements for clinical practice." He told committee members the approved changes require that candidates be observed "4 times during clinical practice using an observation tool that is either approved for use in our educator evaluation policy or reviewed and approved for use by the Tennessee Department of Education."
Why this matters: The edTPA has been a statewide pedagogical assessment used in educator preparation. The board's change replaces that single summative…
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