IDS555 Introduction to Assessment

Candidates examine significant topics related to understanding and documenting student learning and achievement with a focus on relating critical analysis of student performance to subsequent instructional design. Topics will include historical perspectives on student assessment, current practices of student assessment, and how results of different forms of assessment are being used (and misused) for a variety of purposes. Candidates will conduct a brief action research study into one of the practices of student assessment currently being used in their own classrooms. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the M.Ed. IDS Program 2 semester hours