Details for Formative Classroom Assessment

Awards offering Formative Classroom Assessment

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Master of Education*
• Master of Education (Leadership)*

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Summarise and critique distinctive elements and strategies that are associated with formative assessment practices;
2. Justify the intentional inclusion of formative assessment approaches with reference to school context and a biblical worldview;
3. Test formative assessment approaches in their classes;
4. Modify current assessment practice by incorporating new formative approaches and discuss with reference to theory the likely impact on student learning;
5. Devise an approach to formative assessment that recognises student diversity.

Subject Content

1. Perspectives on Assessment: Views of theorists and stakeholders
2. Assessments, Tests, Records and Reports: A review of common assessment practices
3. Assessment for, of and as Learning: Distinguishing between assessment purposes
4. The Assessment for Learning Movement: Formative approaches to assessment
5. Embracing Technology: Using technology for student assessment
6. Celebrating Diversity: Fair and equitable assessment for all students
7. Designing and Selecting Assessment Strategies: Planning for assessment
8. Reporting of student achievement: Sharing assessment information with stakeholders
9. Assessment in a Christian school community: Summary and significance of using formative assessment collaboratively as Christian teachers

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face-to-Face
• Distance/ Global Online
• Intensive (5 days of classes/7 hours per day followed by 85 hours reading, writing and assignments)
• Extensive (5 days spread over the semester)

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Assessment Methods

• Essay (25%)
• Formative Assessment Trial and Outcome Report (25%)
• Essay and Assessment Schedule (50%)

Prescribed Text

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