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 Department:    ECED

 Course #:    390

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5.5

 CIP:    13.1210

 EPC:    ECEECBAS

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Designed to equip future educators with the knowledge and skills needed to assess individual and group performance effectively across cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical development areas. Explores a wide range of assessment strategies and techniques to ensure fair, accurate, and meaningful evaluations of learners' progress and development.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisites: EDUC 303 and EDUC 315 with a grade of C or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 22

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory N/A  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Assess individual and group performance across cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical development areas.
2. Balance the use of formative and summative assessments, matching assessment methods with learning objectives, and minimizing sources of bias in assessment results.
3. Engage learners in various ways to demonstrate knowledge and skills as part of the assessment process.
4. Identify learners' readiness for learning within specific content areas by using formative assessments.
5. Build assessment partnerships with families and professional colleagues.
6. Identify linguistic and cultural biases within assessment instruments when working with English language learners.
7. Employ technology to enhance assessment practices and address learner needs effectively.
8. Demonstrate ethical assessment practices, including making accommodations for learners with disabilities and language learning needs, actively involving learners in assessment processes, utilize multiple assessment types, and using assessment data to identify strengths and promote growth.
9. Apply principles, instruments, and methods of reliable and valid assessment related to the education of English language learners.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Individual and group performance across cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical development areas.
2. Formative and summative assessments, matching assessment methods with learning objectives, and minimizing sources of bias in assessment results.
3. Learners' knowledge and skills as part of the assessment process.
4. Learners' readiness for learning within specific content areas.
5. Assessment partnerships with families and professional colleagues.
6. Linguistic and cultural biases within assessment instruments when working with English language learners.
7. Technology to enhance assessment practices and address learner needs effectively.
8. Ethical assessment practices, including accommodations for learners with disabilities and language learning needs, involving learners in assessment processes, multiple assessment types, and data to identify strengths and promote growth.
9. Principles, instruments, and methods of reliable and valid assessment related to the education of English language learners.