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COURSE SYLLABUS: ED561 - Measurement and Assessment Theory I

Course Title: ED561 - Measurement and Assessment Theory I
Department: Education
Instructor: Mark D. Hogue, M.Ed. - - Vita


COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW

This course is an examination of prescribed methodologies for the assessment of higher-order thinking skills within the school curricula. This content will be sequentially followed by an in-depth study of the various teacher-made tests and alternative methods of assessing both the cognitive and the affective constructs of K-12 students.

TEXTBOOK  Online Bookstore

Cohen, R. J. and Swerdlik, M. E. (2005). Psychological testing and assessment: an introduction to tests and measurement, sixth edition. New York: McGraw Hill.
ISBN: 0072887672

CONTACT INFORMATION

The most effective means of contact is via email . With very few exceptions, I will respond to your inquiries and submitted assignments within 24 hours.

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
  1. your name,
  2. your student identification (example: stu00000),
  3. the course number (example: ED561), and
  4. the assignment title (example: Assignment One) are included in the SUBJECT box of your email message.
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NOTE: Assignments that are attached to email must be Microsoft Office compatible!
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COURSE COMMENTARY

Each candidate enrolled in this course has up to eight weeks to complete the assignments indicated below. However, a candidate may elect to accelerate his/her course of study and finish the assignments at an earlier time without permission from the instructor.

After each assignment that is submitted, the candidate will receive an email within 24 hours indicating his/her score along with possible comments or feedback from the instructor.

Each assignment in this course (related to individual chapters, totaling three) is valuated at ten (20) possible points. The final paper is valuated at forty (40) possible points. Therefore, the candidate’s grade is derived from the following framework.

ASSIGNMENTPOSSIBLE POINTS
Assignment One20
Assignment Two20
Assignment Three20
Final Paper40
Total100
GRADE DERIVATION

90 - 100= A
80 - 89= B
70 - 79= C
60 - 69= D


COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

Assignment One
Read Chapter 1
Provide brief responses to the following questions. Email your responses to the instructor.
  1. Differentiate between psychological assessment and psychological testing.
  2. What is alternative assessment?
  3. From an educational perspective, describe the contexts for behavioral and naturalistic observations.
  4. State three points supporting computer-assisted psychological assessment (CAPA) and three points opposing CAPA.
Read Chapter 2
  1. Outline the works of two significant contributors to the field of psychological testing and assessment.
  2. Based upon your professional interests, describe two significant pieces of legislation that has shaped this respective field.
  3. Discuss one significant piece of legislation that has contributed to your area of specialization.
Assignment Two
Read Chapter 3
Provide brief responses to the following questions. Email your responses to the instructor.
  1. Describe and provide an example of each level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio).
  2. Find the mean, median, and mode of the following data set: 83, 76, 88, 79, 90, 76, 85, 89, 78
  3. How can skewness provide insight into the nature of a data set? Provide an example.
Read Chapter 4
Provide brief responses to the following questions. Email your responses to the instructor.
  1. State the seven assumptions of psychological testing and assessment.
  2. What are norms and why is norming an imperative feature of assessment?
  3. Describe two methods of sampling.
  4. Define three types of norms.
  5. What is correlation? What is one method that can be used to represent correlation?
Assignment Three
Read Chapter 5
Provide brief responses to the following questions. Email your responses to the instructor.
  1. In generalized terms, describe reliability.
  2. Differentiate between parallel and alternate forms of a test.
  3. Define norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessments.
Read Chapter 6
Provide brief responses to the following questions. Email your responses to the instructor.
  1. In generalized terms, describe validity.
  2. State the three approaches to assessing validity associated respectively with content validity, criterion-related validity, and construct validity.
  3. What is a criterion and how might it be contaminated?
FINAL PAPER
The topic of the final paper is test biasness and fairness (consult pages 181-188 in the text for reference). The paper should be two to three (2-3) pages in length, 12 point font, double spaced. While the text should be consulted for your response, it is encouraged that it is personalized with your opinions and feelings. The following questions should be used a framework for your paper:
  1. What is test bias and fairness?
  2. What illustration or example can be used to make these factors understandable to laypeople?
  3. How do you feel test biases and unfairness are perpetuated in standardized testing?
  4. How can equity be promoted among all test-takers?
COURSE ITINERARY
  1. Order the required text for the course
  2. Complete each assignment and email to the instructor
  3. Complete your final paper and email to the instructor
  4. Your final grade for the course will be submitted to the Registrar within 24 hours of submitting your final paper.