Overview
Description
Construction and use of classroom tests, performance instruments, and other methods of evaluating learning.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring and Summer
Terms
spring, summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- describe a variety of applications of assessment and explain how each of these assessments could potentially impact students.
- evaluate assessment items for the purpose of identifying and eliminating potential biases in these items toward any population.
- design, develop, and analyze a variety of types of assessment items that could be implemented in the K -12 classroom.
- develop a plan by which you would implement formative assessment in the K-12 classroom.
- differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate applications of the results of standardized testing.
- discuss a variety of means of preparing students for standardized tests that meet ethical standards of professional teacher behavior.
- discuss the role of assessment in the evaluation of one’s own efficacy as an instructor.
- effectively communicate student progress to students, parents, and other appropriate audiences using grades and reports.