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• EDU 645 Entire Course (Ash)
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• 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?

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• EDU 645 Week 1 Assignment Response to
  Intervention (Ash)
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• 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?

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• EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 1 Assessment Crisis (Ash)
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• 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.

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• EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 2 No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
  and High-Stakes Testing (HST) Debate (Ash)
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• 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

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• EDU 645 Week 1 Journal Formative and Summative
  Assessment (Ash)
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• Formative and Summative Assessment. Compare and
  contrast formative and summative assessment

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• EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Learning Outcomes (Ash)
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• 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

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• EDU 645 Week 2 DQ 1 Two Classroom Measurement
  Problems (Ash)
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• EDU 645 Week2
• 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?

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• EDU 645 Week 2 DQ 2 Three-Stage Model of
  Classroom Measurement (Ash)
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• Three-Stage Model of Classroom Measurement. What
  do the authors mean in saying any good classroom
  test begins with your objectives
  (KubiszynBorich, 2010)? Doyouagreeordisagreewith
  this statement? Why or why not? Respond to at
  least two of your

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• EDU 645 Week 2 Journal Norm-Referenced and
  Criterion-Referenced Tests (Ash)
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• 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

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• EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment Test and Essay Items
  (Ash)
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• 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.

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• EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 1 Portfolio Assessment (Ash)
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• EDU 645 Week3
• Portfolio Assessment. Explain the three
  challenges to validity when using portfolios as
  assessments, and evaluate the benefits they offer
  to the learning experience

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• EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 2 Performance/Authentic
  Assessments (Ash)
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• 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

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• EDU 645 Week 4 Assignment Analyzing and Improving
  a Test Using Statistics (Ash)
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• 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.

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• EDU 645 Week 4 DQ 1 Item Analysis (Ash)
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• EDU 645 Week4
• 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.

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• EDU 645 Week 4 DQ 2 Marking (Ash)
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• Marking. Why do the authors propose that marks
  only reflect academic achievement, and not other
  factors like effort or attitude?

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• EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Marks and Marking Systems
  Reflection (Ash)
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• 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

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• EDU 645 Week 5 Assignment Validity, Reliability,
  and Accuracy (Ash)
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• 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, and how your assessment addresses the
  four categories of sources of error identified in
  the text, thereby promoting accuracy. Learning
  Outcomes

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• EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 1 Correlation and Causality
  (Ash)
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• EDU 645 Week5
• 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

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• EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 2 Validity and Reliability
  (Ash)
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• 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)

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• EDU 645 Week 5 Journal Accuracy and Error (Ash)
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• 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?

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• EDU 645 Week 6 DQ 1 Standardized Testing (Ash)
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• EDU 645 Week6
• 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

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• EDU 645 Week 6 Final paper (Ash)
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• Final Paper Assessment Plans
• Demonstrate your understanding of the concepts
  covered in this course by developing a plan to
  assess learner performance

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• EDU 645 Week 6 Summary (Ash)
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• EDU 645 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

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