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TPA Task 2 Calibration. Claremont Graduate University. Sonja Lopez. What is the role of a TPA assessor?.
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TPA Task 2 Calibration Claremont Graduate University Sonja Lopez
What is the role of a TPA assessor? • The role of an assessor for the TPA is to conduct a fair & equitable assessment of each teacher candidate’s performance using professional judgment in conjunction with a standardized scoring protocol.
What do you remember about: • Rubrics? • Qualitative Language? • TPA Scoring Levels? • The ROE’s format: Evidence, Interpretation of Evidence & Summary Statement?
How to Conduct a Fair & Equitable Assessment • Collect good evidence using professional judgment • Be conscious of ways biases may interfere • Use standardized scoring protocol • Base on the preponderance of evidence found in the entire TPA
Good Evidence Is Based on Good Notes & Good Notes Are… • Factual • Representative • Relevant
Good Notes Help Assessors Make Good Scoring Decisions • A structured scoring process forces assessors to look for certain kinds of evidence that directly relates to the task-specific rubric • Requires assessors to review their notes as part of the evaluative step • A critical part of arriving at an objective score is basing it on the evidence recorded
Good Notes Ensure Legal Defensibility • Assessor notes become part of the permanent record for a teacher candidate, & if there is a challenge to the scoring decision, they are reviewed to evaluate the appropriateness of the score.
Tips to Good Note Taking • Use the abbreviations list • Know where to find the evidence • Record evidence using sentence frames • Be specific about each case • Visualize as you follow the format of the ROE • Refer to the qualitative language list • Add it up
Step 1 - DESCRIBE • Read & analyze the response • On the LEFT SIDE of the ROE, record evidence in a descriptive fashion as you encounter it • Evidence may come from one or more data sources for any one aspect, also note when evidence is missing • As you take notes, you will make interpretive comments on the right side of the ROE
Step 2 - INTERPRET • Record interpretations on the RIGHT SIDE of the ROE • Make interpretations of each section as you go • You should be writing interpretations throughout, not at the end of the response • Allows each section to be evaluated independently • At this point you are not making score-level judgments • Use the evaluative language provided
Step 3 – SCORE • The last part of the scoring process is the holistic judgment of the performance • Take your time to re-think the response as a whole • This is where you will come to a final score, thinking about each part of the evidence & all the notes you have made. • Think in terms of the underlying attributes of the performance, NOT the surface features or your initial reactions. • Base your answer on the evidence you have documented on the entire ROE • Write the summary statement which includes score-level language from the holistic statement of the task-specific rubric