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Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA)

CSU Long Beach uses the California Teaching Performance Assessment (CalTPA) to meet the SB 2042 requirement for a program-embedded teaching performance assessment. All candidates must pass each of the 4 Tasks of the CalTPA with a minimum score of 3 on an ascending 4 point scale in order to be recommended for an initial California teaching credential. Candidates are directed to the Candidate Handbook for a full description of the CalTPA, each of the 4 Tasks, and the scoring rubrics, as well as for guidelines for completing each Task. Candidates may access the Candidate Handbook, the 4 CalTPA Tasks, and the Task scoring rubrics at the links below. More information on the CalTPA is available on the Commission on Teacher Credentialing website: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/TPA.html

TPAs are now known by their name and no longer by numbers.  The following are the new names for the TPAs:

  • Task 1 = Subject-Specific Pedagogy
  • Task 2 = Designing Instruction
  • Task 3 = Assessing Learning
  • Task 4 = Culminating Teaching Experience

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Candidate Handbook

California Teaching Performance Assessment (CalTPA) Templates

California Teaching Performance Assessment (CalTPA) Scoring Rubrics

CSU Long Beach Teaching Performance Assessment (Task 1) Templates

Science Education TPA & TPE Support