EDUC 502 - Assessment Strategies to Impact Student Achievement (3)

This course is designed to develop knowledge, skills, and essential professional dispositions necessary for teachers to understand the nature and application of assessment strategies, to create and employ valid and reliable classroom-based assessments of student learning, and to enable teachers to be effective consumers of standardized and commercially-produced assessments and assessment results. The course emphasizes the integration of assessment into the core professional responsibilities of teaching. Emphasis is placed upon accurate, systematic collection, organization, and reporting of student assessment data so that all students are given supportive feedback for academic growth. Offered: Summer.