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Assessment And Evaluation For Educators –
edd554
(3 credits)
This course is designed to provide P–12 teachers and administrators with a deeper appreciation of the role of assessment in education. Participants develop skills to evaluate the alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment for school improvement. Participants focus on standards-based assessments, data-driven instruction, and accountability to increase achievement.
This graduate-level course is 6
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Role of Assessment
- Summarize historical influences on current assessment practices.
- Justify the role of assessment in education.
- Compare assessment and evaluation.
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Types of Assessments
- Distinguish between norm-referenced and criterion-referenced standardized assessments.
- Differentiate among formative assessments, summative assessments, and self-assessments.
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Assessment in Instruction
- Demonstrate the multifunctionality of various assessments.
- Apply assessment strategies to instruction.
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Assessment Effects
- Align assessment to educational standards, curriculum, and instruction.
- Identify how the use of assessments affects various stakeholders.
- Analyze the effects of bias in assessments.
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Accountability and School Improvement
- Analyze the use of evaluative student data to drive school improvement.
- Assess the effects of educational legislation on assessments in school districts.
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Review
- All objectives apply.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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