Includes index and glossary

Chapter 1 Standards, large-scale evidence, professional judgement, and the affordance of digital technologies in teacher education -- Chapter 2 The move to assessing competence in professions -- Chapter 3 Three essential features in a new conceptualization of complex performance assessment: authenticity, system and site validity, and intelligent accountability -- Chapter 4 How do we know that teacher graduates are ready for professional practice? Designing an assessment for evidence of readiness -- Chapter 5 Teaching performance assessments and considerations of fairness -- Chapter 6 Validation, reliability, and standard setting in the GTPA: a focus on methodologies and judgment -- Chapter 7 The The design features of cross-institutional moderation for demonstrating comparability: building a nationally sustainable model -- Chapter 8 Why teacher education needs a feedback loop: connecting standards and evidence to inform program planning and renewal -- Chapter 9 Cultural change in initial teacher education: how shall we know quality and impact? -- Chapter 10 Teaching performance assessments and considerations of potential legal challenges -- Chapter 11 Our journey of discovery: looking back, looking sideways, and looking forward.