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EPSY 590 ASA
EPSY 590 ASA: Issues in Traditional and Alternative Student Assessment (CRN: 40618)
Course Description | Syllabus | Instructor |
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"What the course did was shed new light and create new perspectives for me. The things I took from this course I could readily apply in the classroom” (CTER student, 2002)
- This sixteen-week course explores current issues and trends using alternative methods of student assessment. We will focus on the measurement and assessment process, measuring complex achievement, creating student portfolios and a variety of assessment procedures teachers can use as students engage in their work. During this course, we will read, reflect and discuss these topics; create rubrics and other assessment measures; and test out these new assessments and procedures in the classroom.
Syllabus
Major Topics covered in the course:
- Issues and Trends in Educational Testing and Student Assessment
- Types of Assessment Measures
- The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture
- Validity & Reliability
- Assessment Planning
- Essays and Other Written Forms of Assessments
- Performance-Based and Project-Based Assessments
- Portfolios ; Other assessment procedures
- Interpreting Test Scores and Norms
- Assessing Diverse Learners; Assessing Group Work
- Using Assessment Software
| Katherine Ryan Associate Professor Educational Psychology 260B Education Building 1310 S. 6th St. MC 708 Email: k-ryan6@illinois.edu |
 TA: Jinhee Choo
jchoo@illinois.edu |
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- Linn and Miller (2005). Measurement and Assessment in Teaching (9th edition) Upple Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
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