EDU 6815: Assessment and Evaluation for Mild/Moderate Disabilities-Week 1 - Discussion: Assessment
Consider the following statement from your text: “The key element of assessment is educational decision making, because decisions we make using test scores along with other evaluation data and information directly affect the lives of students either positively or negatively” (Venn, 2014, p. 3).
Review Ch. 1 of Assessing Students with Special Needs.
Respond to the following prompts :
There is a distinct difference between testing, assessment, and measurement as explained in the text. Instead of rewriting what the text explains, write an explanation as if you were explaining this to a parent or general education teacher who might ask you the difference. Write it in the form of a short script including follow up questions that may come from the parent or teacher while you are giving your explanation.
Why are ongoing assessments better than a one-time test?
Week One Discussion – Assessment and Evaluation for Mild/Moderate Disabilities
Your Name
Subject and Section
Professor’s Name
Teacher:
Ma’am, with regards to the results of your son’s midterm exams, I believe that it can help us in further improving your child’s performance before this semester ends. I would like to you to know that the ‘test’ that we have conducted merely determines how much your son knows and have learned so far CITATION Pen17 \l 1033 (Penn State University, 2017). Accordingly, the exam in itself serves as a measurement tool for our determination CITATION Van98 \l 1033 (STU.Edu, 2018). And since this was his first one for this subject, then it could serve as a baseline for our understanding.
In contrast to this, our assessment would be based from the overall synthesis and analysis of the results of the tests and quizzes CITATION Pen17 \l 1033 (Penn State University, 2017). An assessment would allow us to understand the most effective teaching techniqu...
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