Oregon Teachers Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC), established in the U.S. state of Oregon in 1965, is the nation's oldest educator standards board.
[2] The agency approves teacher preparation programs offered by Oregon colleges and universities; licenses teachers, administrators and other personnel employed in Oregon schools; and takes disciplinary actions when educators commit crimes or violate competent and ethical performance standards.
[2] In 2014, TSPC began a four-year rollout of a "teacher performance assessment" exam, or an "ed-T-P-A".
Developed at Stanford University, Ed-T-P-A puts a focus on "planning lessons, instructing students, and assessing learning".
[3] The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) supported TSPC efforts in 2018 to explore alternatives to standardized testing to improve diversity in the teaching workforce.