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EDU 645 (ASH) Course Tutorial

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EDU 645 (ASH) Course Tutorial

• EDU 645 Entire Course

• EDU 645 Week 1 Assignment Response

• Business - General Business
• EDU 645 Week 1
• Assessment Crisis. Watch the video Linda
  Darling-Hammond on Competing Internationally.
  Then, explain the current crisis in America with
  regards to education and assessment. What do you
  think the cause(s) of this crisis might be? What
  are the possible implications?

• Business - General Business
• Response to Intervention. What is the purpose of
  the response-to-intervention (RTI) approach? What
  are the benefits of this approach? What are the
  challenges? Can you think of any way to overcome
  these challenges? Why is it important to
  intervene

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EDU 645 (ASH) Course Tutorial

• EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 1 Assessment Crisis

• EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 2 No Child Left Behind

• Assessment Crisis. Watch the video Linda
  Darling-Hammond on Competing Internationally.
  Then, explain the current crisis in America with
  regards to education and assessment. What do you
  think the cause(s) of this crisis might be? What
  are the possible implications? Explain your
  reasoning. Respond substantively to at least two
  of your peers.

• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and High-Stakes
  Testing (HST) Debate. The effects of the No Child
  Left Behind (NCLB) Act on high-stakes testing
  (HST) has generated controversy amongst
  educators. In this discussion you will briefly
  debate the efficacy of NCLB. Find your assigned
  Debate Group below Debate Grouping (by first
  letter of last name)
• A-L Proponents of NCLB and HST

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• EDU 645 Week 1 Journal Formative

• EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Learning

• Business - General Business
• Formative and Summative Assessment. Compare and
  contrast formative and summative assessment. What
  is the purpose of each, as it relates to
  learning? How might an educator use each to
  reflect on his or her teaching strategies?

• Business - General Business
• Learning Outcomes. Create a blog using WordPress
  or Blogger. This will act as a portfolio for your
  work in this course, so it is important to make
  it presentable and polished by using a
  professional URL and a consistent theme and
  format throughout the blog. Then, using the
  information in Chapter 6 of your textbook and the
  article Enhancing curriculum and delivery

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• EDU 645 Week 2 DQ 1Two Classroom

• EDU 645 Week 2 DQ 2 Three-Stage Model

• Two Classroom Measurement Problems. What do the
  authors say are the two general problems
  encountered in classroom measurement? How are
  these two problems similar to each other? Explain
  why it is important to surmount these challenges,
  and brainstorm strategies for overcoming them

• Three-Stage Model of Classroom Measurement. What
  do the authors mean in saying any good classroom
  test begins with your objectives
  (KubiszynBorich, 2010)? Do you agree or disagree
  with this statement? Why or why not? Respond to
  at least two of your classmates, offering
  substantive feedback

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• EDU 645 Week 2 Journal Norm

• EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment Test

• Business - General Business
• Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Tests.
  Explain the difference between norm-referenced
  and criterion-referenced tests, and recall a time
  when you were asked to take one of each. Do you
  think either test supported your learning? Why or
  why not? If not, explain what you think

• Business - General Business
• Test and Essay Items. In the portfolio blog you
  created last week, develop at least three test
  items that support your outcomes, and write at
  least one essay item that supports your outcomes.
  These should be included in the same post as your
  outcomes. Then, start a new post in your blog
  that explains your thought process and rationale
  behind the test items and essay item(s).

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• EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 1Portfolio Assessment

• EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 2 Performance

• Portfolio Assessment. Explain the three
  challenges to validity when using portfolios as
  assessments, and evaluate the benefits they offer
  to the learning experience. Respond to at least
  two of your classmates, offering substantive
  feedback on their evaluation of portfolios as
  learning tools. Do you agree with your
  classmates evaluations? Why or why not?

• Performance/Authentic Assessments. The authors
  state that there is a temptation to limit the
  scoring criteria to those qualities of
  performance that are easiest to rate rather than
  the most important required for doing an
  effective job (KubiszynBorich, 2010). What do
  they mean by this? Explain the benefits and
  challenges of incorporating performance
  assessments

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• EDU 645 Week 4 Assignment Analyzing

• EDU 645 Week 4 DQ 1Item Analysis

• Business - General Business
• Analyzing and Improving a Test Using Statistics.
  In the online course, view the results for a
  hypothetical psychology test. Then, create a
  report with the following
• a. The mean score for each question.
• b. The mean score for the entire test.

• Item Analysis. Explain quantitative item analysis
  and qualitative item analysis. What are their
  benefits to learning and assessment? What are the
  risks to learning and assessment if these types
  of analyses are not administered? Finally,
  provide two examples of imperfect test items for
  your peers to qualitatively analyze. Explain why
  you think it is necessary

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• EDU 645 Week 4 DQ 2 Marking

• EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Marks and Marking

• Marking. Why do the authors propose that marks
  only reflect academic achievement, and not other
  factors like effort or attitude? Could including
  factors like these in the marking data affect
  instructional decisions that need to be made?
  Explain. Respond to at least two of your peers,
  providing feedback on their support for or
  against including other factors in marks/grades.

• Business - General Business
• Marks and Marking Systems Reflection. Select one
  of the following prompts pertaining to marks and
  marking systems, for critical reflection
• ? What do the authors mean when they say that
  its all too tempting to use marks as vehicles
  to reach, or try to reach, other ends?

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• EDU 645 Week 5 Assignment Validity

• EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 1Correlation

• Business - General Business
• Validity, Reliability, and Accuracy. Select one
  of the learning outcomes below and draft a
  hypothetical assessment that supports the outcome
  (e.g., multiple choice items, essay items,
  authentic assessment, etc.). Explain how you plan
  to promote validity and reliability in your
  assessment.

• Correlation and Causality.According to the
  authors of the textbook, one of the most
  frequent misinterpretations in statistics (and in
  education) is to infer that because two variables
  are correlated with one another, one variable
  causes the other (KubiszynBorich, 2010). What
  does this mean? What are the potential dangers

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• EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 2 Validity and Reliability

• EDU 645 Week 5 Journal Accuracy and Error

• Validity and Reliability. Using Mindmeister or
  Microsoft Word, create a mind map that represents
  the various types of validity and reliability,
  and explains why they are important in learning
  and assessment. Then, post your mind map to the
  discussion forum, either as an attachment (for
  Word documents) or pasted link (for Mindmeister).
  View your classmates

• Business - General Business
• Accuracy and Error. The authors of your textbook
  state that all tests and scores are imperfect
  and are subject to error (KubiszynBorich,
  2010). What do they mean by this? Why is it
  important to recognize that there is no perfect
  test? Knowing this, what can you do to ensure
  that you obtain the most accurate assessment
  results as possible?

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• EDU 645 Week 6 DQ 1 Standardized Testing

• EDU 645 Week 6 Final paper

• Standardized Testing. Watch the video
  Comprehensive Assessment An Overview. Then,
  using the Ashford library, locate one journal
  article related to standardized testing. In the
  discussion forum, summarize the article, and
  identify at least two advantages and two
  disadvantages to standardized testing, utilizing
  both the article and video in your post

• Business - General Business
• Final Paper Assessment Plans
• Demonstrate your understanding of the concepts
  covered in this course by developing a plan to
  assess learner performance. This plan should be
  constructed in your portfolio blog, and should
  include the following elements

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• EDU 645 Week 6 Summary

• Review the content in the past five weeks of this
  course and list at least five take-away items
  that you have learned. Identify at least one
  concept that you had a hard time understanding at
  first, or still do not fully understand. Review
  your classmates posts, and respond to at least
  two of them. In each response, try to explain the
  concept that your classmate did not or does not
  understand.

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