SE 240 Educational Assessment for Middle and Secondary Education

Fall-Spring Semesters

This course focuses on the current best practices regarding principles and procedures of effective assessment development to meet objectives and standards. Middle and Secondary Education Teacher candidates will not only gain foundational knowledge regarding assessment, they will create a working knowledge through immersions into a teaching environment. Students will research and interpret assessment types, along with learning relevant procedures for gaging student understanding and differentiating assessments and developing sound and valid scoring tools for learning. Assessment and evaluation as a decision-making process will also be emphasized.

2 credit hours