EDTE 831      Monitoring and Evaluation                 2 Credits

This course covers both educational monitoring and instructional and program evaluation. It discusses the manner in which evaluative procedures contribute to the teaching/learning process and to the improvement of educational decisions. Topics include measurement theory; the alignment of evaluative procedures with teaching objectives; diagnostic, formative, and summative evaluation; the assessment of ability, achievement, aptitude, interest, and personality; alternative forms of evaluation, such as process and product assessment; the interpretation of standardized test data; the reporting of evaluative results; and trends and issues in instructional evaluation. Consideration is done on the explanation of and justification for evaluation strategies at both departmental and institutional levels, from the perspective of both the practitioner and evaluator.