Most teacher candidates in California pass a Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA). Many on their first try.

Teacher candidates in traditional preservice programs tend to pass their performance assessment at a higher rate than those who are simultaneously teaching on an intern credential.

This analysis from the Learning Policy Institute study How Preparation Predicts Teaching Performance Assessment Results in California includes candidates who took the CalTPA or the edTPA between September 1, 2021, and August 31, 2023, excluding candidates who received a deferral to take the TPA after receiving their preliminary credential. Candidates taking CalTPA must have either taken both cycles of the TPA or taken the first cycle before January 1, 2023, to be included. The analysis includes 14,415 preservice candidates and 3,696 intern candidates. Both differences are statistically significant based on t-tests.
Source: Learning Policy Institute analysis of CTC data. (2024)Get the dataEmbed Created with Datawrapper