EDU/650 EDU650 EDU 650 WEEK 5 Assignment
- ashford university / EDU 650
- 27 Mar 2018
- Price: $30
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EDU 650 WEEK 5 Assignment
Assignment
Assessment
Matters
As a teacher, you
need to have solid knowledge of formative and summative assessment and how each
can help you ensure students are mastering key contents and skill. You also
need to be able to take the information gleaned from assessments and make
decisions that support the learning of all your students. This week, you will
build on your previous assignment from last week and integrate the knowledge
from your research and the readings.
Watch the following videos:
Both videos examine
the role of accountability and how they can and do impact our work in schools.
Brian Stecher specifically discusses three indicators that drive everything
that happens in schools, while Rick Wormeli outlines how different types of
knowledge are assessed.
In this assignment,
please address the following topics and questions:
a. Analyze the roles of assessment and evaluation in school
improvement and in measuring educational quality.
b. Examine and explain your perspectives on the roles and trends
related to assessment in education.
c. Evaluate the value of both types of assessment and,
specifically, the role you see assessment playing in your classroom.
d. Evaluate the roles of both formative and summative assessment in
the classroom. How does each form of assessment support learning? In what ways
can the teacher use the data from assessments to influence learning in the
classroom?
e. Review your work from your Week Four Assignment and provide
specific details of what you see as the next step in developing an assessment
for the Common
Core State Standard (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site. you identified in the activity you presented.
Please support your
claims and assertions with the literature, using the course textbook, the
videos, and resources for this week, as well as at least one other
peer-reviewed article from the Ashford University Library. You must have three
to five references total and use in-text citations throughout your paper.
Please format your assignment, citations, and references in APA style. This
assignment should be four to five pages in length, in addition to title and
reference pages. Be sure to also save a copy of your assignment for your Final
Project and for future professional development.
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