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EDU 645 Entire Course  
EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 1 Formative
Assessments EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 2 Standards
and Objectives EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 1
Gradual Release of Responsibility EDU 645 Week 2
Discussion 2 Embedded Formative Assessment EDU
645 Week 2 Assignment Instructional Plan Design
Analysis (2 Papers)
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EDU 645 Week 1 Assignment Response to
Intervention
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 early in a students learning
experience? Your paper should be 4-6 pages
(excluding title and reference pages), and
formatted to APA standards
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EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 1 Formative
Assessments
According to Chapter 1 of the required text,
Formative assessment is assessment FOR learning.
Summative assessment is assessment OF learning.
Formative assessments occur during the lesson as
opposed to the end of a unit of instruction and
should be the primary focus of assessment in
schools.
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EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 2 Standards and
Objectives
Describe the purpose of a learning standard
(referred to as a goal in Chapter 1) and the
critical components of a learning objective. How
would you differentiate between the two if
attempting to explain it to somebody else? What
is the relationship between formative assessments
during instruction and the standards and
objectives of that lesson?
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EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 1 Assessment Crisis
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. Analyze their responses and
compare and contrast their reasoning with yours.
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EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 2 No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
and High Stakes Testing (HST) Debate
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)
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EDU 645 Week 1 Journal Formative and Summative
Assessment
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?
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EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Instructional Plan
Design Analysis (2 Papers)
Introduction Introduce the essential elements,
purpose, and value of creating and following a
high-quality instructional plan. Include a thesis
stating your intent to highlight key elements of
each respective plan as well as your intent to
identify what you find to be the most effective
plan while justifying your reasoning.
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EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Learning Outcomes
Finally, browse your classmates learning
outcomes for ideas, through the Doc Sharing
feature. Feel free to leave supportive and
constructive comments on their learning outcomes
within their blog. Please Note You will be using
these outcomes throughout the course.
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EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 1 Gradual Release of
Responsibility
What evidence did you observe in Ms Wesslings
video that her students were becoming thinkers?
How is this an example of the teacher assessing
FOR learning?
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EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 2 Embedded Formative
Assessment
What evidence did you see in the
video New Teacher Survival Guide Planning
linking the concept of
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EDU 645 Week 2 DQ 1 Two Classroom Measurement
Problems
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.
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EDU 645 Week 2 DQ 2 Three-Stage Model of
Classroom Measurement
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?
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EDU 645 Week 2 Journal Norm Referenced and
Criterion-Referenced Tests
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 could
have helped it support your learning
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EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment 21st Century
Instructional Plan Design Description (2
Papers)
Synthesize what you have learned thus far by
developing an instructional plan utilizing one of
the templates provided in Week Two. Be sure to
consult the Instructor Guidance for added support
in creating a high quality instructional plan.
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EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment Test and Essay Items
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 Discussion 1 Integrating
Technology
What evidence did you see and hear by watching
Mr. Pronovost Differentiating Instruction Through
Interactive Games that supports what has been
learned thus far regarding setting
communicating learning objectives, using the
gradual release model, giving feedback, and
assessment?
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EDU 645 Week 3 Discussion 2 Rigor, Thinking, and
Technology
How is assessment embedded? In other words, what
are students presenting the teacher with AND
how will the teacher measure it?
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EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 1 Portfolio Assessment
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?
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EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 2 Performance Authentic
Assessments
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 21st Century
Instructional Plan Student Population (2 Papers)
This week you will construct a new instructional
plan by considering your student population.
Regardless of grade level, your class consists of
27 students. Of those, two are diagnosed with
specific learning disabilities (SLD) in reading
and math. One student has Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Moreover, you just
received a student last week who is not fluent in
English (ELL). Your school follows a full English
immersion program. Therefore, you and the student
are getting very little extra support.
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EDU 645 Week 4 Assignment Analyzing and Improving
a Test Using Statistics
Finally, evaluate the test by using the
information in your report and conducting
qualitative item analysis and quantitative item
analysis, and provide suggestions or examples on
how this test can be improved. Your report should
be 4-6 pages (excluding title and reference
pages) and formatted to APA standards
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EDU 645 Week 4 Discussion 1 Special Populations
As we discuss special populations this week, we
are going to approach it through the lens of
being a Student Teacher in a Special education
classroom. Also, we will explore other resources
to assist in better understanding Special
populations when developing curriculum
assessments.
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EDU 645 Week 4 DQ 1 Item Analysis
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
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.
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EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Marks and Marking Systems
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? Do you
agree with their perspective on this? Why or why
not? What types of ends do you think educators
might try to reach through marks, other than
assessing learning?
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EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Rubric Analysis (2
Papers)
o Do these live up to what Brookhart proposes,
that . . .the most important aspect of the
levels is that performance be described, with
language that depicts what one would observe in
the work rather than the quality conclusions one
would draw (p.26)?
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EDU 645 Week 5 Assignment Performance Task
Analysis- Summative Assessment Preparation(2
Papers)
3. Take some time to peruse the various
sample items and corresponding rubrics (when
applicable) by selecting View More Sample Items
at the top of the Consortium screen.
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EDU 645 Week 5 Assignment Validity, Reliability,
and Accuracy
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.).
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EDU 645 Week 5 Discussion 1 Getting students to
think about their thinking
Part 1. Access TEDEd. Take some time to peruse
through the menu of lessons and provide us with
your impressions. The following serves to prompt
your response as opposed to a required list
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EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 1 Correlation and Causality
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
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EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 2 Validity and Reliability
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).

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EDU 645 Week 5 Journal Accuracy and Error
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 Discussion 1 Using Student Data
for Instructional Improvement
Guided Response Respond to at least two
classmates posts and provide specific feedback
regarding their analysis and ideas for
differentiation, student reflection, and
reassessment
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EDU 645 Week 6 DQ 1 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. Make
sure to cite the article and explain where it can
be located in the Ashford library. Respond to at
least two of your classmates, brainstorming
possible strategies or solutions to the
disadvantages they listed in their posts.
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ED EDU 645 Week 6 Final Paper Curriculum Based
Summative Assessment Design (2 Papers)
Before summative assessing of the learning on
which the objective is to evaluate, what the
students have learnt at the end of a unit is
important to have a comprehensive description of
pre assessment. Pre- assessment or formative
assessment is part of institutionalprocess. When
used in classwork activities, it provides the
necessary information to regulate teaching
techniques and learningprocess.
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EDU 645 Week 6 Final paper
Purpose and Learning Outcome Describe the
purpose of your assessment plan. Then, write a
learning outcome that supports the purpose you
have described.
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EDU 645 Week 6 Summary
EDU 645Summary. 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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