EDU/510 EDU510 EDU 510 Week 3 DISCUSSION

EDU 510 Week 3 DISCUSSION

Week 3 Discussion 

"Ethical Behavior and Professional Responsibilities in Educational Assessment"  Please respond to the following:

• Debate whether or not there is bias in educational assessment strategies in terms of gender, race, age, or socio-economic backgrounds. Indicate two (2) strategies that teachers could use in order to mitigate some of the biases in question when they develop their own assessments for their students. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Post an update about your work on Assignment One:  what specific details have you found out about assessment and your school district (give an overview of the district itself as part of the paper) and where did you find this information?  Explain where you looked for sources and state the topic choice (see list below) you are writing about in your school district analysis.  What has been easy for you so far with this assignment and what has been hard to do?

1. Bias (cultural and gender) in aptitude and standardized tests
2. Implications of cognitive science and brain research upon assessment
3. Implications of and Changes to No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 with respect to testing
4. Alternate assessment methods for special populations (e.g., gifted students, students with learning disabilities)
5. Assessing students with disabilities using computer technologies or other innovations (select one or more types of disabilities)
6. Implications of National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, Coaches, and Students (NETS) to school districts with respect to program assessment.
7. The Implications of the Common Core Standards with relation to your chosen local school district, state education system, or education system on a national level
8. Balancing the use of formative or summative assessments in the classroom with required standardized assessments

You may also choose an assignment topic on assessment issues that we are discussing in this class (and in the text) but you need to let your professor know as soon as possible.