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<br>EDU 645 Week 1<br>Assessment Crisis. Watch the video “Linda Darling-Hammond on Competing Internationally.” Then, explain the current crisis in America with regards to education and assessment. What do you think the cause(s) of this crisis might be? What are the possible implications? Explain your reasoning. Respond substantively to at least two of your peers. Analyze their responses and compare and contrast their reasoning with yours.<br>No Child Left Behind (NCLB

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  1. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com The Best way to predict the Future is to create it.....To Best way.... www.tutorialrank.com

  2. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com ASHFORD EDU 645 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Assessment Crisis. Watch the video “Linda Darling-Hammond on Competing Internationally.” Then, explain the current crisis in America with regards to education and assessment. What do you think the cause(s) of this crisis might be? What are the possible implications? Explain your reasoning. Respond substantively to at least two of your peers. Analyze their responses and compare and contrast their reasoning with yours.

  3. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers for each Assignment (not for DQs) EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 1 Formative Assessments EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 2 Standards and Objectives EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 1 Gradual Release of Responsibility EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 2 Embedded Formative Assessment EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Instructional Plan Design Analysis (2 Papers)

  4. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Assignment Response to Intervention For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Assignment Response to Intervention Business - General Business Response to Intervention. What is the purpose of the response-to-intervention (RTI) approach? What are the benefits of this approach? What are the challenges? Can you think of any way to overcome these challenges? Why is it important to intervene early in a student’s learning experience? Your paper should be 4-6 pages

  5. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 1 Formative Assessments For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 1 Formative Assessments Formative Assessments According to Chapter 1 of the required text, Formative assessment is assessment FOR learning. Summative assessment is assessment OF learning. Formative assessments occur during the lesson as opposed to the end of a unit of instruction and should be the primary focus of assessment in schools. Additionally, formative assessments allow the teacher to support learning by generating feedback to students to determine their

  6. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 2 Standards and Objectives For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 2 Standards and Objectives Standards and Objectives. a. Describe the purpose of a learning standard (referred to as a goal in Chapter 1) and the critical components of a learning objective. How would you differentiate between the two if attempting to explain it to somebody else? What is the relationship between formative assessments during instruction and the standards and objectives of that lesson?

  7. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 1 Assessment Crisis For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Assessment Crisis. Watch the video “Linda Darling-Hammond on Competing Internationally.” Then, explain the current crisis in America with regards to education and assessment. What do you think the cause(s) of this crisis might be? What are the possible implications? Explain your reasoning. Respond substantively to at least two of your peers. Analyze their responses

  8. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 2 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and High-Stakes Testing (HST) Debate For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and High-Stakes Testing (HST) Debate. The effects of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act on high-stakes testing (HST) has generated controversy amongst educators. In this discussion you will briefly debate the efficacy of NCLB. Find your assigned “Debate Group” below: Debate Grouping (by first letter of last name)

  9. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Journal Formative and Summative Assessment For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 1 Journal Formative and Summative Assessment Business - General Business Formative and Summative Assessment. Compare and contrast formative and summative assessment. What is the purpose of each, as it relates to learning? How might an educator use each to reflect on his or her teaching strategies?

  10. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Instructional Plan Design Analysis (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Instructional Plan Design Analysis Three instructional plan templates constructed by a variety of leaders in education provide solid examples of what quality instructional plans shoadded during the period. Re

  11. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Learning Outcomes For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Learning Outcomes Business - General Business Learning Outcomes. Create a blog using WordPress or Blogger. This will act as a portfolio for your work in this course, so it is important to make it presentable and polished by using a professional URL and a consistent theme and format throughout the blog. Then, using the information in Chapter 6 of your textbook

  12. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 1 Gradual Release of Responsibility For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 1 Gradual Release of Responsibility Gradual Release of Responsibility After viewing the videos Improving Practice with Sarah Brown Wessling and Embedded Formative Assessments, and after reading Relea

  13. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 2 Embedded Formative Assessment For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Embedded Formative Assessment. Discuss the following: · What evidence did you see in the video New Teacher Survival Guide: Planning linking the concept of beginning with the end in mind and formative assessment? · What did the instructional coach/department chair say is the question you ask yourself to assess learning?

  14. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 DQ 1Two Classroom Measurement Problems For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week2 Two Classroom Measurement Problems. What do the authors say are the two general problems encountered in classroom measurement? How are these two problems similar to each other? Explain why it is important to surmount these challenges, and brainstorm strategies for overcoming them.

  15. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 DQ 2 Three-Stage Model of Classroom Measurement For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Three-Stage Model of Classroom Measurement. What do the authors mean in saying “any good classroom test begins with your objectives” (Kubiszyn&Borich, 2010)? Doyouagreeordisagreewith this statement? Why or why not? Respond to at least two of your classmates, offering substantive feedback on their interpretation of this quote, and providing your thoughts on why some teachers (intentionally or unintentionally) choose not to use objectives or outcomes.

  16. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 Journal Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Tests For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 2 Journal Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Tests Business - General Business Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Tests. Explain the difference between norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, and recall a time when you were asked to take one of each. Do you think either test supported your learning? Why or why not? If not, explain what you think could have helped it support your learning

  17. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment 21st Century Instructional Plan Design & Description (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers 21st Century Instructional Plan: Plan Design & Description Part 1: Instructional Plan Design Synthesize what you have learned thus far by developing an instructional plan utilizing one of the templates provided in Week Two. Be sure to c

  18. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment Test and Essay Items For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment Test and Essay Items Business - General Business Test and Essay Items. In the portfolio blog you created last week, develop at least three test items that support your outcomes, and write at least one essay item that supports your outcomes. These should be included in the same post as your outcomes. Then, start a new post in your blog that explains your thought passengers on a particular trip. f. Fuel costs relative to the number

  19. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 3 Discussion 1 Integrating Technology For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 3 Discussion 1 Integrating Technology Integrating Technology Discuss the following: What evidence did you see and hear by watching Mr. Pronovost Differentiating Instruction Through Interactive Games that supports what has been learned thus far regarding setting & communicating learning objectives, using the gradual release model, giving feedback, and assessment?

  20. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 3 Discussion 2 Rigor, Thinking, and Technology For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Rigor, Thinking, and Technology. According to the vision statement of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, education systems should pursue measurement of student outcomes that are: Performance-based Embedded in curriculum Based on a common evidentiary model of cognition and learning passengers on a particular trip. f. Fuel costs relative to the number

  21. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 1Portfolio Assessment For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week3 Portfolio Assessment. Explain the three challenges to validity when using portfolios as assessments, and evaluate the benefits they offer to the learning experience. Respond to at least two of your classmates, offering substantive feedback on their evaluation of portfolios as learning tools. Do you agree with your classmates’ evaluations? Why or why not?

  22. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 2 Performance/Authentic Assessments For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Performance/Authentic Assessments. The authors state that “there is a temptation to limit the scoring criteria to those qualities of performance that are easiest to rate rather than the most important required for doing an effective job” (Kubiszyn&Borich, 2010). What do they mean by this? Explain the benefits and challenges of incorporating performance assessments, and evaluate their overall effectiveness in the classroom. Respond to at least two of your classmates with substantive feedback on their evaluation of this quote. Explain how your interpretation of this quote is similar anyouagree with your classmates’ evaluations? Why or why not?

  23. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 4 Assignment 21st Century Instructional Plan Student Population (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers EDU 645 Week 4 Assignment 21st Century Instructional Plan: Student Population Part 1: Instructional Plan Design This week you will construct a new instructional plan by considering your student population. Regardless of grade level, your class consists of 27 students. Of those, two are diagnosed with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in reading and math. One student has A

  24. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 4 Assignment Analyzing and Improving a Test Using Statistics For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 4 Assignment Analyzing and Improving a Test Using Statistics Business - General Business Analyzing and Improving a Test Using Statistics. In the online course, view the results for a hypothetical psychology test. Then, create a report with the following: a. The mean score for each question. A

  25. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 4 Discussion 1 Special Populations For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 4 Discussion 1 Special Populations Special Populations As we discuss special populations this week, we are going to approach it through the lens of being a Student Teacher in a Special education classroom. Also, we will explore other resources to assist in better understanding Special populations when developing curriculum & assessments.

  26. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 4 DQ 1Item Analysis For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week4 Item Analysis. Explain quantitative item analysis and qualitative item analysis. What are their benefits to learning and assessment? What are the risks to learning and assessment if these types of analyses are not administered? Finally, provide two examples of imperfect test items for your peers to qualitatively analyze. Explain why you think it is necessary for teachers to use a combination of both qualitative and quantitative item analysis. Respond to at least two of your p

  27. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 4 DQ 2 Marking For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Marking. Why do the authors propose that marks only reflect academic achievement, and not other factors like effort or attitude? Could including factors like these in the marking data affect instructional decisions that need to be made? Explain. Respond to at least two of your peers, providing feedback on their support for or against including other factors in marks/

  28. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Marks and Marking Systems For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Reflection EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Marks and Marking Systems Reflection Business - General Business Marks and Marking Systems Reflection. Select one of the following prompts pertaining to marks and marking systems, for critical reflection:  What do the authors mean when they say that “it’s all too tempting to use marks as vehicles to reach, or try

  29. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Rubric Analysis (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Rubric Analysis Using two different sources, respond in writing (APA format) using the prompts below to guide your written analysis. Part 1:

  30. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 5 Assignment Performance Task Analysis- Summative Assessment Preparation(2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Performance Task Analysis- Summative Assessment Preparation. This week’s assignment is to bring us back to your own summative assignment for the course: the design of a summative assessment. You will spend some time analyzing the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium website to inform your response. The following must be done before constructing your assignment:

  31. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 1Correlation and Causality For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week5 Correlation and Causality.According to the authors of the textbook, “one of the most frequent misinterpretations in statistics (and in education) is to infer that because two variables are correlated with one another, one variable causes the other” (Kubiszyn&Borich, 2010). What does this mean? What are the potential dangers to assessment and learning when one mistakenly implies causality where only a correlation

  32. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 2 Validity and Reliability For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Validity and Reliability. Using Mindmeister or Microsoft Word, create a mind map that represents the various types of validity and reliability, and explains why they are important in learning and assessment. Then, post your mind map to the discussion forum, either as an attachment (for Word documents) or pasted link (for

  33. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 5 Journal Accuracy and Error For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 5 Journal Accuracy and Error Business - General Business Accuracy and Error. The authors of your textbook state that “all tests and scores are imperfect and are subject to error” (Kubiszyn&Borich, 2010). What do they mean by this? Why is it important to recognize that there is no “perfect test”? Knowing this, what can you do to ensure that you obtain the most accurate assessment results as possible?

  34. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 6 Discussion 1 Using Student Data for Instructional Improvement For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 6 Discussion 1 Using Student Data for Instructional Improvement Using Student Data for Instructional Improvement. Following your last lesson, you discover only 60% of your students met the learning outcome. Not only did they demonstrate a lack of understanding through non-written, observable formative assessments, but the data from their assignment as scored through use of

  35. EDU 645 Course Inspiring Minds/tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week 6 DQ 1Standardized Testing For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com EDU 645 Week6 Standardized Testing. Watch the video “Comprehensive Assessment: An Overview.” Then, using the Ashford library, locate one journal article related to standardized testing. In the discussion forum, summarize the article, and identify at least two advantages and two disadvantages to standardized testing, utilizing both the article and video in your post. Make sure to cite the article and explain where it can be located in the Ashford library. Respond to at least two of your classmates, brainstorming possible strategies or solutions to

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