About the PATL Assessment

The PATL assessment measures the critical leadership roles that teachers play in contributing to student and school success. The assessment measures leadership roles in six areas, called tasks, which are scored according to task-specific rubrics. Each task addresses specific standards within the Teacher Leader Model Standards (PDF).

Teachers who are currently certified and practicing teachers seeking advanced credentials are eligible to take the PATL assessment.

Task 1: Adult Learning and the Collaborative Culture

• Task 1 Requirements (PDF)
• Task 1 Rubric (PDF)

Task 2: Research for the Improvement of Practice

• Task 2 Requirements (PDF)
• Task 2 Rubric (PDF)

Task 3: Professional Learning

• Task 3 Requirements (PDF)
• Task 3 Rubric (PDF)

Task 4: Observation and Use of Assessment Data

• Task 4 Requirements (PDF)
• Task 4 Rubric (PDF)

Task 5: Collaboration with Families and the Community

• Task 5 Requirements (PDF)
• Task 5 Rubric (PDF)

Task 6: Collaborative Teams and Advocacy

• Task 6 Requirements (PDF)
• Task 6 Rubric (PDF)

Scores

ETS automatically provides PATL assessment test-taker score reports to the educator preparation program (EPP) selected by the test taker at registration. For state certification departments to have access to score reports, the test taker must select them as a score recipient during registration. In states that have adopted the PATL assessment, the state agency is an automatic score recipient.

These reports are available in the ETS^® Data Manager. To sign in or request access to the ETS Data Manager, visit ETS Client Services for Educator Licensure.

There are three types of scores for the PATL assessment:

• step scores — each task of the assessment contains three steps
• task scores — total of the three step scores
• overall cumulative assessment score — total of the six task scores

Passing scores are established at the overall cumulative score level.

Test-taker score reports

The test-taker score report contains valuable information about the test taker's performance, including:

• a summary page indicating the score for each task and a cumulative score for the assessment
• a detail page for each task indicating scores for each step within a task and feedback for each step score

The step score feedback guides test takers to improve the quality of evidence in the step responses, addresses the level of the evidence provided in the step responses and helps test takers decide if they want to resubmit any tasks.

See a PATL Sample Test-taker Score Report (PDF).

Adopting the assessment

Contact us to learn more about the PATL and how to begin using the PATL as part of your state's education program requirements.