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EDUC 265 Educational Assessment

Participants will explore the world of measurement, evaluation, and student performance as it aligns with instruction and curriculum. Participants will examine the role that validity, reliability, test bias, and item construction play in ensuring a good and meaningful assessment instrument, and will become familiar with the concept of a formal testing program, which encompasses state and local mandated assessments. This course will look at the federal No Child Left Behind initiative and its impact on Maryland Public Schools. This course meets the Maryland State Department of Education Assessment of Students requirement for an initial certificate in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, and Secondary Education. This course also meets the MSDE Assessment, Diagnosis, and Prescriptive Techniques requirement for an initial certificate in Generic Special Education Infant/Primary, Generic Special Education Elementary/Middle, and Generic Special Education Secondary/Adult.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. 1. The historical development of assessment and current accountability practices
  2. 2. No Child Left Behind and Maryland School Performance
  3. 3. Terms and vocabulary associated with measurement and evaluation
  4. 4. The relationship of testing domains to instruction and curriculum
  5. 5. The levels of measurement
  6. 6. Measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion
  7. 7. The concept of validity and its relationship to reliability
  8. 8. The concept of reliability
  9. 9. How to obtain and interpret a coefficient variable
  10. 10. How to detect for testing bias
  11. 11. How to construct better test items

Course Objectives

  1. 1. The historical development of assessment and current accountability practices
  2. 2. No Child Left Behind and Maryland School Performance
  3. 3. Terms and vocabulary associated with measurement and evaluation
  4. 4. The relationship of testing domains to instruction and curriculum
  5. 5. The levels of measurement
  6. 6. Measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion
  7. 7. The concept of validity and its relationship to reliability
  8. 8. The concept of reliability
  9. 9. How to obtain and interpret a coefficient variable
  10. 10. How to detect for testing bias
  11. 11. How to construct better test items