GED 616 - Understanding and Creating Meaningful K-12 Assessments

Currently, teachers are asked to implement many kinds of classroom assessments and often feel that the many procedures, formats and expectations are required without sufficient time to process the implications for themselves and their students. This course will give practicing teachers the opportunity to make sense of what assessment does and can mean for how well students learn. Engaging in collegial dialogue, inquiry and reflective practice participants will practice designing learning opportunities using a variety of assessment procedures They will leave the course with a personal understanding of how they can create meaningful assessment tasks and tools for feedback that support student learning.

Credits: 3 cr.