Course Code:
EDF4430

Credit Hours:
3

Effective beginning:
2023-24

Sections:
000

Course Description:
This course involves the study of principles of traditional and alternative assessment strategies. It helps the student obtain skills relevant to the development and use of classroom assessments. Students must attain a basic understanding of the principles of measurement, formative and summative assessment strategies, test construction, performance assessments; and reading and interpreting data from state achievement tests. The course will help students understand the content measured by state tests and use the data to improve student achievement.

Instructors:

Jajuan Clark
clarkc@chipola.edu

Assignment/course outline:

See first-day handout.

Discipline-level learning outcomes:

E – 1   Designs and plans effective instructional lessons.

E – 2   Maintains a student-centered learning environment that is safe, organized, equitable, flexible, inclusive and collaborative.

E – 3   Delivers and facilitates effective instruction.

E – 4   Analyzes and applies data from multiple assessments to diagnose learning needs and inform instruction.

E – 5   Designs purposeful professional goals for continuous improvement to strengthen instructional effectiveness and impact student learning

E – 6   Practices professional responsibility and ethical conduct and fulfills expected obligations to students, the public, and the education profession.

Course-level learning outcomes:

Means of accomplishing learning outcomes:

• Attend and participate in class regularly.
• Read all assigned material before class.
• Study in-class notes and on-line (Canvas) materials.
• Complete assigned projects in a timely manner to enable reflections and revisions on the final product.
• Seek opportunities to practice teaching skills through tutoring and substituting in K – 12 schools.
• Collaborate with peers and other professionals.