EDU 404A Content: Student Assessment & Evaluation
This course is a required foundations course for all candidates in the Bachelor of Arts in Education Teacher Preparation Program. The course focuses on the usage of assessment in educational decision making as well as formative and summative classroom assessment and the necessary foundations, strategies, and understandings to assess and evaluate student learning and promote student self assessment. Emphasis is placed on the skills necessary to make data-driven decisions and how these decisions impact instruction, curriculum, and services. Practical application of this knowledge enables the candidate to use assessment in making placement and instructional decisions as well as assist students in the classroom in monitoring and assessing their own learning.
Prerequisite
Per program plan or plan of study
Outcomes
- This course will prepare students to:
- Explain how assessments and feedback are used to inform student progress and instruction, including student voice.
- Develop formative assessments aligned with learning targets and planned supports to meet the needs for all learners.
- Define assessment as it relates to effective teaching and assessment practices.