Student Assessment and Evaluation

Student assessment and evaluation is an integral part of the teaching and learning process. Teachers in Ontario, and elsewhere, are required to use diverse forms of assessment to support and communicate progress in learning to students, parents, and school administrators. This course will build on your current assessment practices and support you in exploring ways to enhance your use of assessment. Specifically, current assessment theory and practices will be examined with opportunities for you to critically reflect on the integration of these theories and practices into your classroom to support student learning. In this course you will have the opportunity to: learn about Ontario policies driving assessment practices throughout the province explore theories of learning to inform assessment design plan assessments that complement curriculum expectations and teaching understand foundational principles of assessment: reliability, validity, fairness, and bias design a variety of assessments including tests, rubrics, and performance assessments examine grading, reporting, and communication practices learn about the purposes and uses of large-scale assessment data accommodate assessments for students with exceptionalities