EDN 501: Course Schedule

Course Schedule
EDN 501: Authentic Assessment Strategies for the Classroom

DATES	TOPICS	READINGS	ASSIGNMENTS
		Required readings in bold*
June 13	Approaches to Assessment	What is it? Why do it? Soup Four Questions
June 14	Standards	Standards Step 1: Identify the Standards Standards-based education Reliability and Validity Good standards? Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy Across knowledge domains
June 15	Authentic Tasks	Why people fail to... The critical skills students need Tasks Step 2: Select an Authentic Task How and why standards.. Common Core Standards Obama's push

June 20	Criteria and Rubrics	Step 3: Identify the Criteria Rubrics Step 4: Create the Rubric Instructional quality: Collecting credible evidence Illinois Learning Standards Success at a big high school	Critique 1 due
June 21	Formative Assessment	The value of formative assessment How classroom assessments improve learning Praise can be dangerous Feedback interventions...
June 22	EXAM 1 / Formative Assessment	Organizing instruction and study to improve student learning Multiple-choice as formative assessment Doing What Works 25 learning principles Improving working memory?

June 27	Traditional Assessment	Constructing Good Tests Do tests align with standards? Multiple-choice question formats A critique of learning styles Review of learning styles models
June 28	Traditional Assessment / Portolios	Portfolios Seven practices Caul plays with a puzzle Performance assessment of teachers	Critique 2 due
June 29	Standardized Testing	Why standardized tests don't measure educational quality Raising standards through classroom assessment Current status of NCLB reform Assessing student affect Nebraska leaves no child behind Formative assessment: Video quiz Why we can't use standardized tests for merit pay Norming and norm-referenced tests Using value-added data

July 4	NO CLASS - HOLIDAY!
July 5	Standardized Testing
July 6	EXAM 2 / Sharing of Projects		Project Due