Course Number:

Credit Hours:

3

Course Title:

Assessment

Course Description:

Addresses assessing the progress of teachers’ students, formally through exams and informally through many kinds of observation. Today, states and the federal government are engaged in mandating many additional forms of assessments through standardized tests. It is essential for educators to understand the strengths, weaknesses, and purposes of various forms of assessment, while having the skill and understanding to develop clear rubrics for their own assessments and to link all of the many assessments used with their students to their own goals for student learning.