The purpose of this article is to highlight the components of edTPA's academic language requirement, and specifically how that language is used in physical education. Examples of academic language forms in physical education are provided, as well as a discussion of the four components that compose...
Although the edTPA is often referred to as a portfolio, referring to this high-stakes, summative assessment as a portfolio may mislead teacher candidates given their emerging understandings of educational academic language. Based on the analysis presented in this paper, the edTPA is a TPA that ...