EDU 40400 Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning
This course is designed so that students experience practical approaches to ensure that classroom assessment is fair and effective. Students will explore curriculum mapping and alignment to standards as well as assumptions about educational assessment. Students will learn about the basic mathematics of measurement; item analysis; test score interpretation; steps in developing appropriate classroom tests and assessments; performance assessments; portfolios; assigning grades on the basis of classroom assessments; standardized testing; assessing to meet the needs of diverse classroom populations; biases in educational assessment; and self-assessment. Students will utilize self reflection as a means of self-assessment and to improve classroom practices. This course will include a coordinated project between the teacher candidate and the teacher mentor that will explore data driven decision making as a means of enhancing student learning. This course is a writing intensive course for the Department of Teacher Education. As of fall 2013, EDU 40400 will be a Prerequisite for EDU 41000.
*Course description has been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Credits
3
Offered
every fall and spring semester.