edTPA: Evidence Chart and Error Troubleshooting

Submitting Tasks

In Taskstream, all edTPA tasks must be submitted and/or Sent to Pearson at the same time. Please make sure that you have completed all tasks before clicking Submit Work or Send to Pearson.

The Early Childhood section showing task list with links for Task 1 - Part A: Context for Learning Information, Task 1 - Part B: Plans for Learning Segment, Task 1 - Part C: Instructional Materials, Task 1 - Part D: Assessments, Task 1 - Part E: Planning Commentary, Task 2 - Part A: Video Clips, and Task 2 - Part B: Instruction Commentary.

In other words, you cannot submit Task 1-Part A by itself.  All tasks are submitted together as a package.

Errors

If you receive validation errors when attempting to Submit and/or send your work to Pearson, refer to the edTPA Student Handbook's Evidence Chart. The evidence chart is crucial to consult for information regarding the acceptable files types, the specific number of files required for each task, etc.

Note: Each edTPA subject has its own specific handbook, and each corresponding Evidence Chart contains different requirements.

Example of information in an Evidence Chart:

The Planning Task 1: Artifacts and Commentary Specifications section showing table headers for What to Submit, Supported File Types, Number of Files, Response Length, and Additional Information.

Example of errors below:

This means that more files need to be attached to the tasks listed.

The Taskstream section showing message title 'The following error(s) have been detected' and heading 'Number of validation errors: 9' with a list of task code errors.

All edTPA submission requirements have a minimum and maximum number of files that can be included in them.

Example:

The Number of Files column showing headers Min and Max with values 2 and 2 in the first row and 1 and 1 in the next row.

To the access Evidence Chart from your specific subject's edTPA handbook:

  1. Click the name of your edTPA program from your Taskstream home page.
  2. Click the name of your edTPA's subject matter in the structure tree on the left-hand side of the screen.  Then, click the edTPA Documents link in the center of the page and enter the password.

    The Elementary Literacy section showing Overview area with a web link titled 'edTPA Documents for Elementary Literacy' and a highlighted password.

  3. Click the subject name again on the left.

    The EDTPA Documents for Elementary Literacy page showing left navigation with tabs Home, Elementary Literacy, and Supporting Materials, with Elementary Literacy selected. The main page shows instructions on how to click files to download.

  4. Click to download the subject's Handbook.

    The Handbook section showing File Attachments with a linked file titled edTPA Elementary Literacy Handbook (V07.1).pdf.

  5. Open the handbook and do the keyboard shortcut for "find" Ctrl + F (or Cmnd + F) and search for "Evidence Chart."
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