Educational assessment and evaluation

managerial and administrative positions. Superintendent of Curriculum Superintendents of curriculum or instruction are responsible for ensuring that teachers and schools as a whole consistently deliver high quality educational experiences in every classroom. They establish and oversee all educational processes related to curriculum quality, professional development and instruction improvements. They play a critical leadership role because they identify and track all teaching and learning needs…

2015). At-risk students have compounded issues within classrooms that utilize antiquated materials and provide limited access to educational technology (Hall, 2011). There are gaps in performance seen in at-risk students as reported in the MAP assessments for the alternative schools within Denver Public Schools (Colorado Department of Education, 2015). MAP assessments are particularly important because the data allows…

communities and organizations (SWCO) is a core component in social work, yet SWCO often receives less curricular attention than other social work competencies (Mendes, 2009). Addressing this issue, the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) identifies specific core community and organizational practice competencies which guide the development of appropriate learning outcomes. Competency-based education (CBE) “is an outcome performance…

scores. This can discourage students as they are retained when they achieve low scores (“The Effects of High-Stakes Testing on Student Motivation and Learning”). Teachers also tend to teach a narrowed curriculum teaching on test preparation (“Asinine Assessment”). Children need to be well rounded, and only teaching them the material on their test or preparing them for the test does not achieve this goal. Students should be introduced to the arts and sports, as well as crafts and technical…

expand the model to be more comprehensive and to provide a stronger emphasis on prevention. Therefore, PROCEED became an additional part of the acronym. PRECEDE stands for “predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling constructs in educational/environmental diagnosis and evaluation” (Sharma & Atri, 2010, p. 91). PROCEED stands for…

Apart of that process, Maryland made State assessment data that measure student growth apart of the evaluation process. Their goal was to identify and support educators who are effective to improve student growth. Their rationale behind this decision is to ensure that students have educators who are effective at increasing student achievement so they can be college and career ready. With that said, the State of Maryland has created an evaluation model where its based on two components,…

results. As noted by Palomba & Banta (1999) “Assessment is the systematic collection, review and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development”. In order to conduct an effective assessment the instructor should possess expertise in the two areas: formative and summative evaluations. The formative evaluations are conducted during the regular cycle of the class, while the summative evaluation process is part of the conclusion…

Compare and Contrast Activity Evaluation and assessment are necessary components of education. Assessments and evaluations have some similarities and differences, but both serve an important purpose in the educational process. Both assessments and evaluations involve checking for or observing specific criteria in a student’s performance or learning outcome. They also “require the collection of data and other evidence by observing the performance or by looking at the outcome or product” (Baehr).…

In chapter one the author discusses the importance of teachers knowing and understanding about assessments. Teachers need to be informed about assessments for a variety of reasons. Teachers will be more effective instructionally if they know how to properly assess a students learning. Federal laws also impact the need to now about assessments and scores. Teachers need to be able to talk to parents about testing and scores, as well as, what the scores represent. Testing is typically not a…

dependent on pass or fail rather than reviewing how effectively educational material is being taught and how effectively the students are learning the material. The spotlight has been placed on these standardized tests and both sides have viewpoints to be considered. But, the biggest point to consider is how the students are benefiting from these assessments. Standardized assessments are a roadblock for students when they are learning educational material. They are put in a cycle of learning…