This study describes how pre-service teachers performed on a Teacher Work Sample, a high-stakes instrument completed during student teaching.
The study reviewed other available teacher preparation program data as possible confirmation that preservice teachers find the skills associated with assessment challenging to master.
This study reveals that the lack of focus on assessment and analysis leads to preservice teachers having lesser concern about these skills.
The review of preservice teacher performance on TWS indicators suggests a lack of consensus on how to teach preservice teachers to achieve the skills, particularly in the Assessment Plan and Analysis for Student Learning.