Educational Assessment - EDST5104

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of Education

Course Outline: School of Education

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Enrolment in one of the following programs, 1970, 2354, 2359, 7401, 7960, 8910, 8926 or 8960 or enrolled in a Education or Educational Leadership plan in 8224

CSS Contribution Charge: 1* (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

In this course you will learn the essential classical theory of educational measurement and assessment. You will learn how the theory is used to guide practice in both school and statewide assessment and testing programs. This course will give you the opportunity for you to familiar with the development, administration and marking of assessment tasks and tests, as well as approaches to summarizing and reporting student achievement. The course will introduces the concepts of validity and reliability as well as investigating the relative strengths and limitations of different item types.