CUR 509 - Monitoring and Aligning Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

Credits: 3
This course engages learners in evaluating and developing a comprehensive, valid and reliable assessment system to monitor student progress towards long term curricular outcomes and standards. Participants use selected response, essay/brief constructed response, performance and personal communications methods to design strategies that facilitate and assess student learning. Emphasis is placed on needs assessment including analysis of available data, collection and integration of formative and summative data and engagement of stakeholders, including students, in planning and decision making.