3.00 Credits
This graduate course is designed to refine the candidates' skills in assessing the learners' behaviors and to increase their knowledge of characteristics, uses, advantages, and limitations of different types of assessments for evaluating student learning. Strategies for accommodating learning needs and communicating progress to students, parents, and colleagues will be explored. Candidates will know, understand, and use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuing intellectual, social, and personal development of the learner.