Educational assessment and evaluation

These exams come in forms such as, the Scholastic Assessment Test or the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment. The SAT’s test and evaluate high school students throughout sophomore, junior, and senior year. Another form of testing, the PSSA’s, assess students on a variety of skills in elementary and middle school. Evaluating the…

to a student’s literature, or math skills. The evaluations of a student are measured based on the curriculum, and the purpose of these tests is to see how the students informal testing is observed through their academic performance. The tests Ms. Ruane uses are used throughout the district, and they are well developed by teachers, administrators and special education teachers. The committee that formulated these competency standards for educational administrators first met in 1991, (American…

Ashford-Rowe, K., Herrington, J., & Brown, C. (2014). Establishing the critical elements that determine authentic assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 39(2), 205-222. Kevin Ashford-Rowe is at the learning and teaching center at Australian Catholic University. Janice Herrington is at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia and Christine Brown is a researcher at the University of Wollongong in Australia. This study sought to establish the significant elements of an authentic…

McRel Teacher Evaluation System. This evaluation system is based on the 21st century skills of education. In order to understand the components and administration of the McRel evaluation system, I conducted an interview with an administrator at a local high school. During the interview, we discussed the components of the evaluation tool, the role of the evaluator and role of the teacher. In addition, we explored what the administrator specifically looks for in a teacher evaluation. In this…

Objective The goal of the program will be achieved by implementing preventive strategies and reaching its objective. The table bellow provides specific information in relation to goal and main objectives of the program. Implementation The proper understanding of the Aboriginal culture is very important in order to carried out programs in the community. In order to achieve the set goals of the program, the consultation among aboriginal elders, health workers and working in partnership with…

administering intramuscular injections with and without scenario-based simulation.{55} Initially, all students attended usual training, then they were pre-tested. Student were randomly divided into two groups; experimental and control. After the educational intervention, the experimental group demonstrated higher level of competency than the control group, but the differences was not statistical meaningful which might be due to small sample size.{55} There are many research on learning support…

As individual schools assess whether they incorporate appropriate cultural diverse learning environments, an assessment and evaluation should be initiated to confirm these characteristics. It is believed that to achieve rigor and independent learning, four components need to be in place: (a) awareness, (b) learning partnerships, (c) informational processing, and (d) a community of learners and learning environments (Hammond, 2015). Upon the mentioned four components and these incorporated…

Despite the challenges, Afghanistan has achieved noteworthy achievements in education and curriculum planning. Afghanistan clearly demonstrates the desire for educational reform. In 2006, the government endorsed a 5-year education plan (Georgescu, 2008, 444). The plan described the changes that were needed to their educational system and the need to developing their teachers’ ability to handle learner needs. However, there was not a specific mention of addressing special education. Based…

Successful educational programming on PBS has led to an expansion of quality digital offerings, curriculum and content to positively impact the learning environment of children, families and educators. A leader in the field of digital education, PBS is always exploring new ways to help children learn – at home, in and out of school and on the go. WEDU PBS offers a wide variety of resources to compliment the work being done by the Tampa Housing Authority and the ConnectHome initiative. DIGITAL…

redirected. She also states that Brandon will attend extra help sessions during lunch and IE. Brandon uses extended time to complete reading assignments and assessments. MAP Testing (Northwest Evaluation Association): A computerized adaptive assessment was used to measure Brandon's math and reading skills. The purpose of the assessment is to measure Brandon's academic skills comparatively, and to develop goals to assist him with academic achievement. This is a nationally normed curriculum…