EDCE 1500C Linking Literacy, Assessment, Instruction and Learning-Birth to 6th Grade
This course is designed to support candidates in constructing a wider definition of assessment and in understanding the complex relationship between assessment and instruction in Birth-6th Grade. Candidates will investigate theoretical underpinnings for multiple literacy assessments including miscue analysis, backward designs, journals, conferencing, writing sample analysis, portfolios, observation, and note taking. Candidates will investigate a range of informal and formal literacy assessments and theorize the potential of these assessments for supporting literacy learning. Candidates will determine instructional implications, resources, structures, and strategies as aspects of their assessments. Candidates will take an active part in their own assessment practices with an inquiry-based assessment investigation.
Contact Hours
3 hr./wk.