Means of Linking Research to Practice in Organizing a Course on Student Assessment

by: HsingChi von Bergmann
edited by: Thomas R. Lord, Donald P. French, and Linda W. Crow

Accurate assessment of student achievement is an important requirement of educators. The author, in his role as professor in Science Education at the University of Calgary, taught an assessment course for master's students and student teachers. The course is organized in four major areas—Assessment for Learning, Assessment for Instruction, Assessment for Accountability, and Assessment for Reflection. This chapter is a description of how the course progresses through the semester in these four major areas.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 2/1/2009Stock # PB231X_4

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