Embedding Formative Assessment in Teaching Practices

Catalog description

This course extends and deepens understandings about the impact of assessment on teaching and learning. The course focuses on assessment as a teaching and learning strategy as opposed to simply being a matter of testing and evaluating. A major theme of the course is formative assessment as a tool to effectively monitor, respond to, and develop student learning. Emphasis is also given to the use of learning progressions, rubrics, collaboratively examining student work and the student's role in assessing their learning. Through critical analysis and coursework, participants analyze and apply these understandings to their teaching context to document their emerging concept of assessment for learning.