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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1035
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4688
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E DEVELOPMENT OF A N EW
PRESERVICE PERFORMAN CE ASSESSMENT FOR TEACHER
PREPARATION PROGRAMS .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) On and after July 1, 2023, the 1
Department of Education shall cease state-wide implementation of the 2
preservice performance assessment, edTPA, as adopted by the State 3
Board of Education on December 7, 2016. 4
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Not later than January 1, 2023, 5
the Commissioner of Education, the president of the Connecticut State 6
Colleges and Universities and the dean of the Neag School of Education 7
at The University of Connecticut shall jointly develop a preservice 8
performance assessment to be implemented in teacher preparation 9
programs, as defined in section 10-10a of the general statutes, offered at 10
public institutions of higher education in the state. Such preservice 11
performance assessment shall be developed with consideration given to 12
(1) the positive and negative qualities of previous preservice 13
performance assessments administered in the state, (2) how such 14 Raised Bill No. 1035
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preservice performance assessment will be implemented in teacher 15
preparation programs in the state, (3) the financial costs associated with 16
the implementation of such preservice performance assessment by 17
institutions of higher education, (4) reducing or eliminating any costs or 18
fees charged to students enrolled in teacher preparation programs as 19
part of the implementation of such preservice performance assessment, 20
and (5) designing such preservice performance assessment to be 21
evidence-based with incorporation of best practices. 22
(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Education 23
shall submit a report on the preservice performance assessment 24
developed under this section to the joint standing committee of the 25
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 26
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 27
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) On and after July 1, 2023, each 28
teacher preparation program, as defined in section 10-10a of the general 29
statutes, offered at an institution of higher education in the state, shall 30
administer the preservice performance assessment developed pursuant 31
to section 2 of this act. 32
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To cease implementation of EdTPA and create a new state-wide
preservice performance assessment for teacher preparation programs.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]