Required Books
Educational
Assessment of Students, Fourth Edition.
by Anthony Nitko
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Learning Objectives
The purpose of this course:
This course is an introduction to tests and measurement in an
educational setting. Students will
acquire the knowledge and understanding needed for selecting, administering,
diagnosing, evaluating and reporting results of standardized and informal
techniques of measurement. The
course will review definitions, concepts, and current issues in measurement.
By
the end of the course students will be able to:
1.
Identify the purpose of evaluation and measurement
2.
Identify the purpose of validity in classroom testing situations
3.
Evaluate the uses of reliability in classroom testing situations
4.
Evaluate test usability
5.
Discuss the characteristics of standardized tests
6.
Evaluate commonly used formal and informal tests in educational settings
7.
Apply professional standards for ethical use of tests and measurement
Course Policies
This is a distance learning course. As such, participants have
a great amount of flexibility in completing the course. Persons enrolled in this
section must complete all course requirements as outlined in the following
section. The due dates listed below are firm;
it is the responsibility of
the course participant to schedule, complete and submit required course
assignments on time.
Likewise, participants are responsible for scheduling and
completing the course chapters, the relevant reading for the course and
understanding of associated exercises and tools. Material must be completed and
submitted on time. A final grade will be issued at the end of the term on the date
required by the College.
Unit timeline
All units close on the last day
of the exam!
Unit
|
Topics covered |
Date open
|
Unit One—Introduction to Classroom Assessment
Assignment—Learning Targets (50 points)
Discussion—Uses of Assessment (counts towards
participation) |
|
Lecture One
Related Chapters 1, 5
|
Course overview
Definitions
Purpose of assessment
Ethics and Bias in Assessment |
January 23
|
|
Lecture Two
Related Chapters 2, 6
|
Goals and Learning Targets
Dimensions of Learning
Subject area assessment planning
Assessment blueprint |
January 26
|
|
Lecture Three
Related Chapters 3, 4 |
Validity
Reliability
Criterion vs. Norm reference
Factors affecting validity |
January 31
|
|
EXAM #1 |
Chapters 1 through 6 |
February 9 and 10 |
Unit Two—Crafting Assessments
Assignment—Crafting Assessments (50 points)
Discussion—Crafting assessments for higher order
thinking (counts toward participation) |
|
Lecture Four
Related Chapters
7,8,9 |
Crafting assessments for use in the classroom |
February 13
|
|
Lecture Five
Related Chapters 10,11,12 |
Assessing Higher Order thinking |
February 20
|
|
EXAM #2 (100 Points) |
Chapters 7 through 10 |
March 9 and 10 |
Unit Three—Crafting Better Students
Assignment—Item Analysis (50 Points)
Discussion—Improving student test performance
(counts towards participation) |
|
Lecture Six
Related Chapters
14 |
Preparing students for assessments:
Test wiseness; test anxiety
Improving results of assessment |
March 14
|
Lecture Seven
Related Chapters, 15 |
Evaluating and grading students |
March 17
|
EXAM #3 (100 Points)
|
Chapters 14 & 15 |
March 30 and 31
|
Unit Four—Standardized Tests
Assignment—Score Interpretation (50 Points)
Discussion—Standardized tests and students (counts
towards participation) |
Lecture Eight
Related Chapters
16,19 |
Standardized tests
Scholastic Aptitude, Career Inventories, Personality
and other published tests. |
April 3 |
Lecture Nine
Related Chapters, 17 |
Interpreting norm referenced test scores
Calculating norm referenced scores |
April 10
|
EXAM #4 (100 Points)
|
Chapters 16, 17, 19 |
April 25 through 28
|
|
Final Project—Blueprint and test design
Due no later than May 15 |
