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Performance assessment requirement for initial licenses
| State | Performance assessment requirement for initial licenses |
|---|---|
Alabama |
edTPA |
Alaska |
Not required. |
Arizona |
Not required. |
Arkansas |
One alternate route in Arkansas requires the edTPA. It's required for the Arkansas Professional Pathway to Educator Licensure (APPEL) program as a program completion requirement. |
California |
The performance assessments offered are the edTPA, California Teaching Performance Assessment (Cal TPA), or the Fresno Assessment of Student Teachers (FAST). |
Colorado |
Not required. |
Connecticut |
edTPA |
Delaware |
edTPA or the Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers. Candidates have up to two years to pass the performance assessment. |
District of Columbia |
Not required. |
Florida |
Not required. |
Georgia |
Not required. |
Hawaii |
Not required. |
Idaho |
Not required. |
Illinois |
edTPA |
Indiana |
Not required. |
Iowa |
Praxis Principles of Learning or Praxis Peformance Assessment for Teachers (PPAT), or edTPA |
Kansas |
Not required. |
Kentucky |
Not required. |
Louisiana |
Not required. |
Maine |
Not required. |
Maryland |
Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers (PPAT) or edTPA |
Massachusetts |
Candidate Assessment of Performance |
Michigan |
Not required. |
Minnesota |
Not required. |
Mississippi |
Not required. |
Missouri |
Not required. |
Montana |
Not required. |
Nebraska |
Not required. |
Nevada |
Not required. |
New Hampshire |
Not required. |
New Jersey |
edTPA |
New Mexico |
Not required. |
New York |
edTPA |
North Carolina |
edTPA or Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers (PPAT); teachers have until the third year to pass either test. |
North Dakota |
Not required. |
Ohio |
edTPA, or other performance assessment (optional to passing a written test of professional knowledge) |
Oklahoma |
Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers (PPAT) or the Oklahoma Professional Teaching Exam (OPTE) (which is not a performance assessment) |
Oregon |
edTPA is one option for meeting performance assessment requirement. Candidates can pass the edTPA, submit and Oregon Work Sample or take the edTPA with supplemental data. |
Pennsylvania |
Not required. |
Rhode Island |
Not required. |
South Carolina |
Candidates may pass a performance assessment in lieu of the Praxis Principles of Learning. The type of performance assessment (Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers or edTPA) depends on specific program requirements. |
South Dakota |
Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers (PPAT) |
Tennessee |
edTPA |
Texas |
In 2019, Texas established a pilot program to offer the edTPA as an option to fulfill the pedagogy test requirement. |
Utah |
edTPA |
Vermont |
Not required. |
Virginia |
Not required. |
Washington |
edTPA |
West Virginia |
Not required. |
Wisconsin |
Not required. |
Wyoming |
Not required. |