CONT914: Student Assessment and Evaluation
British Columbia has recently made significant changes to its assessment practices and policies. These changes have made assessment and evaluation more learner-centred, and educators are now encouraged to learn and grow alongside their students. Have you ever considered how assessment could be a tool for educational equity? In this course you'll learn about assessment as a decolonizing practice, explore your assessment identity, and consider ways to make assessment more student-centred. You'll implement practical assessment tools. You’ll explore proficiency scales, learning progressions, and the revised reporting policy. You'll also explore ways your teaching practice can be enriched in assessment and learning.
Learning Outcomes
What You Will Learn and Do
In this course you’ll have the opportunity to:
- explore how educational assessment is a crucial component of reconciliation and decolonizing teaching practice
- consider competency-based assessment and how to implement it
- discover how assessment identity plays a role in pedagogy and practice
- examine BC’s new reporting policy and proficiency scale
- design student-centred assessment opportunities
- explore aspects of the proficiency scale and learning progressions
- apply your learning about assessment and evaluation in your own educational setting
Assessments
Module 1
Assessment as a Decolonizing Practice
Module 2
Knowing and Assessing Core Competencies
Progress Update 1
Module 3
Beginning with the End in Mind
Module 4
Learning to Communicate with BC’s Proficiency Scale
Formative Assessment
Module 5
Student Self-Assessment and Goal Setting
Progress Update 2
Module 6
Considering Educator Assessment Identity
Module 7
Next Steps for Implementation
Summative Assessment