Publications and Presentations

PACT Research

• Carnegie research grant proposal
• “Evidence in Teacher Education: The Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT)” by Raymond Pecheone and Ruth Chung
  Published in the Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 57 pgs. 22-36.
  

• PACT Technical Report March 2007 (Approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing)
  
  • Appendices A-D
  • Appendix A: Overview of Teaching Event Tasks & Sample Rubrics for Elementary Literacy
  • Appendix B: Relationship of TPEs to Guiding Question Rubrics
  • Appendix C: PACT Bias & Sensitivity Review
  • Appendix D: Timeline of PACT Activities & Participants
  • Appendix E. TPE Alignment Study
  • Appendix F. Handbook for Implementing PACT Scoring
    
  • Appendix G. Statement on the Appropriate Uses of the Teaching Event
    
  • Appendix H. Elementary Literacy Handbook & Rubrics

Other Publications

• "Taking the Measure of New Teachers: California shifts from standardized tests to performance-based assessment as a condition of licensure" by Robert Rothman
  Published July/August 2008 in Harvard Education Letter, Vol. 24, No. 4, pgs. 1-3

• “Building a Better Teacher: Confronting the Crisis in Teacher Training” by Grace Rubenstein
  Originally published in November/December 2007 issue of Edutopia. Visit www.edutopia.org.
  http://www.edutopia.org/building-a-better-teacher

• "10 Leading Schools Silence the Critics: Innovative Teacher Prep" by Edutopia Staff
  Originally published in November/December 2007 issue of Edutopia. Visit www.edutopia.org.
  http://www.edutopia.org/10-leading-schools-of-education

• “Performance Test for New California Teacher Approved” by Vaishall Honawar
  Published October 2007 in EdWeek, Vol. 27, Issue 8, pg 6

Presentations

• PACT Overview PowerPoint gives on overview of PACT and the thinking behind PACT