ELP 651 - Using or Analyzing Educational Assessment Data for School Improvement

Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Review of different types and sources of data and how to distinguish the different purposes for which data can be used or misused to improve schools. Students will also examine the importance of validity and reliability and fairness as essential elements for determining the quality of any assessment tool or in developing standards. Students will study (and in the process learn how to use it) current efforts in Massachusetts to improve the quality and use of data to improve teaching and learning in schools, to improve the performance of teachers and administrators operating in those schools, and to improve the diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities.

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