Student assessment in practice October 2020 Batch
Student assessment is a critical aspect of the teaching and learning process that helps to systematically improve the quality of students’ learning through improved programs, curricula and teaching.
This course aims to enable teachers, teacher educators and assessment practitioners plan effective assessment, conduct assessment with appropriate tools and techniques and use assessment results for improving teaching and learning.
This course will primarily target assessment of students’ learning levels with a primary focus on elementary level school education. You will develop a theoretical perspective on assessment together with a practical insight by working on several hands-on assignments and projects which will enable you to practice and apply the knowledge of concepts learnt throughout the course.
Eligibility
All applicants must have a few years of working experience in the area of education. You must possess a working knowledge of English.
Applicants will be shortlisted based on applications. The decision of the evaluation committee will be final.
1. You will understand the paradigm shifts in approaches of assessment from assessment of learning to assessment as learning.
2. You will design quality assessment using various tools and methods of assessment.
3. You will use assessment results to improve students’ learning and overall classroom processes.
1. Teachers teaching in government and private schools.
2. Teacher educators teaching in government, government aided and private teacher education institutions.
3. Practitioners working directly with teachers, teacher educators in non-profit, civil society, research and academic organisations.
This will be awarded to participants who complete 70% of the assignments and attends 80% of the interactive sessions.
Session details
Introduction to assessment: Users, approaches and formative asssessment
Designing assessment: Learning outcomes, Quality of assessment as per AERA standards, methods of authentic assessments, Process of tool development
Using assessment: Response analysis, feedback and reporting, understanding large scale assessment reports
Resources
Course Faculty
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Aanchal Chomal
Aanchal heads the Assessment team. She is also the Associate Professor, at the School of Continuing Education and University Resource centre(SCE-URC) at the University. Besides this, she leads Field Research Function at Azim Premji Foundation. She joined Azim Premji Foundation in 2006. In the last 15 years with the organization she has worked extensively across…
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Anupama Raj
Anupama has been working in the space of educational assessments since the year 2016. She has been part of designing and implementing large scale qualitative assessment study on understanding teacher practices in public school system in India. She has worked extensively with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the state of Sikkim on…
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Shilpi Banerjee
Shilpi has been part of the University since 2017. She has a PhD in Educational Assessment from International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB). She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Nagpur University and an MTech in digital communication from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. Shilpi brings in an experience of…
Fee Structure
| INR 3000 | Tuition and course materials |
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Fee waivers are available for early bird registration and teachers and teacher educators from government schools and institutions.
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