Purpose Teaching performance assessments (TPAs) have developed in the USA and Australia as a “bar exam” for the profession and are used means to assure that graduates are classroom ready. The purpose of this paper is to outline how these assessments have been implemented in teacher education in the USA and Australian contexts. The edTPA is embroiled in controversy in the USA and there are important lessons from the related research literature that could inform the how other countries engage with TPAs in pre-service teacher education. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper outlines how Australia has introduced TPAs in initial teacher education (ITE) through policy borrowing from the USA. The paper synthesises critiques of the edTPA (USA) from research literature and considers the implications of TPAs in the Australian context. Findings The TPA impacts the focus of pre-service teacher practicum teaching, and pedagogy and curriculum in ITE education. The TPA could be used to mobilise detrimental accountability mechanisms. With the outsourcing of assessment to edu-business, Pearson Education, teacher education institutions in the USA have a sense that they have lost control over determining which students are credentialed to teach. Although pre-service teacher assessment is still administered and assessed by ITE institutions in Australia, there is a concern that could change. It is argued that educators, administrators and policy makers should avoid moves to outsource TPAs in Australia. Originality/value Because it is in its infancy, there is a little robust research into the implication of introducing teacher performance assessments into the Australian teacher education context.

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美国和澳大利亚的教学表现评估

目的教学绩效评估（TPA）在美国和澳大利亚已经发展成为该专业的“律师考试”，并且用于确保毕业生准备好上课的手段。本文的目的是概述在美国和澳大利亚背景下如何在教师教育中实施这些评估。edTPA在美国备受争议，相关研究文献提供了重要的教训，这些教训可以为其他国家如何与TPA进行职前教师教育打下基础。设计/方法/方法本概念性文件概述了澳大利亚如何通过从美国借来的政策将TPA引入到初始教师教育（ITE）中。本文从研究文献中综合了对edTPA（美国）的批评，并考虑了TPA在澳大利亚的背景。调查结果TPA影响了职前教师实践教学的重点以及ITE教育中的教学法和课程设置。TPA可用于动员有害的问责机制。随着评估业务外包给培生教育公司（Pearson Education），美国的师范教育机构已经失去了对确定哪些学生有资格授课的控制权。尽管职前教师评估仍由澳大利亚的ITE机构进行管理和评估，但可能会有所改变。有人认为，教育工作者，行政管理人员和政策制定者应避免将TPA外包给澳大利亚的举动。创意/价值因为它还处于起步阶段，