EDCI 504  Assessment and Evaluation in Education: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. Assessment and evaluation are ongoing processes in education. This course will engage students in a discussion regarding the construction, selection and use of formative, summative, selected response, written response, performance, personal communication, and other alternative assessment methods. In addition, students will be involved in weekly activities that allow them to analyze assessment and evaluation use at the classroom, program, and/or institutional levels

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1. Differentiate between assessment for learning and assessment of learning. \\n
2. Analyze the keys to quality assessment. \\n
3. Determine quality assessment methods. \\n
4. Compare four assessment methods; selected response, extended written response, performance, and personal communication.
5. Evaluate strategies for communicating assessment results.
6. Analyze personal and textbook grading practices.
7. Examine the use of portfolios when communicating assessment results.
8. Discover the importance of student conferences in the assessment process.
9. Become familiar with the content area standards specific to their teaching discipline.
10. Inquire about the use of standards in local school districts.
11. Identify and give examples of a variety of assessment tools required to meet the needs of the diverse learners they currently teach or will teach.