Assessment and Evaluation in the Elementary School

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A study of assessment for children EC-6 utilizing both formal and informal instruments will be addressed. A knowledge of choosing, administering, and reporting developmental assessment will be explored with an emphasis on assessment tools that can be used by teachers of young children. Principles of designing and using assessment and evaluation techniques that are culturally fair, intellectually sound, reliable, and content-valid for young children. Differentiation among criterion-referenced, norm-referenced, individual, informal, authentic, and group assessments will be emphasized. Students will review strategies for using assessment data to design instruction, and match assessment techniques to individual children and learning situations.