Modernizing Teacher Assessment with EPiC™: A Comprehensive Overview

As expectations for teacher effectiveness continue to rise, the demand for reliable, meaningful assessment tools has never been greater. The EPiC™ Key Assessment (Evaluating Pedagogy in the Classroom) offers an easy-to-use, Evidence-First™ digital scoring tool. Learn how this innovative assessment and its powerful support dashboard reshape how teacher candidates are evaluated and supported.

EPiC Key Assessment: A Brief Overview

The EPiC Key Assessment is designed to streamline and enhance the teacher evaluation process. With a user-friendly interface, this digital scoring tool empowers evaluators to assess teacher candidates efficiently. Its Evidence-First approach ensures a comprehensive evaluation, focusing on key pedagogical elements contributing to effective teaching.

EPiC™ Support Dashboard: Unleashing Efficiency and Standardization

At the heart of the EPiC Key Assessment is the EPiC™ Support Dashboard, a dynamic platform that boosts efficiency and introduces standardized evaluation criteria. This dashboard acts as a centralized hub, allowing evaluators to navigate through assessment categories seamlessly. By incorporating standardized criteria, the EPiC Support Dashboard ensures fairness and consistency in the evaluation of teacher candidates.

Emphasizing Look-Fors: A Paradigm Shift in Evaluation

One notable feature of the EPiC Key Assessment is its use of clearly defined “look-fors” to guide the evaluation process. Rather than starting with a rubric score and then seeking evidence to support it, evaluators begin by identifying observable instructional practices. The rubric score emerges from this documented evidence, making the process more objective, transparent, and aligned with what actually occurs in the classroom. This shift moves evaluations away from subjective interpretation toward a more accurate, evidence-driven understanding of teaching effectiveness.

Benefits of EPiC Key Assessment:

1. Efficiency: The user-friendly interface of the EPiC Key Assessment simplifies the evaluation process, saving time for both evaluators and teacher candidates.

2. Standardization: The EPiC Support Dashboard introduces standardized criteria, promoting fairness and consistency in teacher assessments across diverse settings.

3. Evidence-First Evaluation: The EPiC Key Assessment focuses on Evidence-First evaluation and ensures that assessments are grounded in observable and measurable teaching practices.

4. Look-Fors Empowerment: The emphasis on "look-fors" empowers evaluators to prioritize key pedagogical elements, fostering a more accurate and insightful evaluation process.

As the demands on EPPs grow, the EPiC Key Assessment stands out as a practical, forward-thinking solution. Its streamlined digital scoring tool, paired with the EPiC Support Dashboard, offers a consistent, Evidence-First approach to evaluating teacher candidates. By centering evaluations on observable “look-fors,” EPiC ensures that assessments reflect what truly matters in effective teaching—clear, actionable evidence of strong instructional practice.