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EDU 645 Learning and Assessment for the 21st Century

Week 1

Assignment, Response to Intervention

Discussion 1, Assessment Crisis

Discussion 2, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and High Stakes Testing (HST) Debate

Week 2

Assignment, Learning Outcomes

Discussion 1, Two Classroom Measurement Problems

Discussion 2, Three Stage Model of Classroom Measurement

Week 3

Assignment, Test and Essay Items

Discussion 1, Portfolio Assessment

Discussion 2, Performance Authentic Assessments

Week 4

Assignment, Analyzing and Improving a Test Using Statistics

Discussion 1, Marking

Discussion 2, Item Analysis

Week 5

Assignment, Validity Reliability and Accuracy

Discussion 1, Correlation and Causality

Discussion 2, Validity and Reliability

Week 6

Final Paper, Assessment Plans

Discussion 1, Standardized Testing

Discussion 2, Summary