EDU 320: Educational Assessment Development and Evaluation Models

This course is designed to introduce teacher candidates the elements of designing and implementing valid and reliable assessments and to explore to role of instructional planning, reviewing assessment outcomes, modifications to instruction based on assessment outcomes and reflection for continued instructional growth as a practitioner. Candidates will become familiar with both the development of instruments and rubrics, explore the validity/reliability process, review and utilize models required under Achieve NJ and explore the professional expectations of in-service teachers through effective evaluative tools such as Danielson, Strong and Marzano.