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PPAT® Assessment

An effective measure of a teacher candidate's readiness for the classroom

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Supporting PPAT Test Takers

The PPAT assessment allows test takers to collaborate with and receive support from supervising faculty, cooperating teachers and peers while preparing submissions. However, the work test takers submit in response to each performance assessment task must be their own.

Ethics guidelines and supportive roles

The supervising faculty and cooperating teachers should ask thought-provoking questions that guide test takers in making good instructional choices rather than actually make the choices for them. Support providers should also avoid giving, asking for or receiving information about secure assessment materials and comparing one test taker's response with another’s response.

Review “Support and Ethical Considerations” in the PPAT® Candidate and Educator Handbook (PDF) for ethical guidelines and to understand your supporting roles while working with the test taker during their student teaching experience.

Cooperating teachers

If you’re the cooperating teacher, view the PPAT® Cooperating Teacher Handbook (PDF) for an overview of what’s expected of the test takers and how you can offer support as they complete the assessment.

Providing Task 1 feedback

If you’re the EPP supervising instructor, you’ll provide feedback on Task 1, which is a formative task that should be evaluated locally by faculty and cooperating teachers. The Candidate and Educator Handbook provides helpful information to support your efforts in providing this feedback.

Candidates can share their Task 1 response with you directly or you can view the submitted response in the online submission system. Once you have access, you’ll be able to view and submit feedback to your candidate’s Task 1 responses. Additionally, you’ll be able to view a list of your candidates who have registered for the assessment and the task status for all tasks.

To log in or request access, visit ETS Client Services for Educator Licensure. For more information, including how to set up a primary and secondary user, view Accessing the Online Submission System (PDF).

Test-taker resources