CAGS 550

Educational Assessment

This course focuses on the forms and appropriate use of educational assessment. Students construct and administer an assessment tool to elementary/secondary students and then analyze the resultant data. Students examine the use of assessment at the individual, class, and school levels, particularly the New Hampshire statewide assessment and published norm-referenced tests used in the special education placement process. This course examines a variety of assessment techniques for evaluating and documenting student performance and toward desired outcomes.

Units: 3.0