NEW YORK
METROPOLITAN
UNIVERSITY

Graduate Course Certificate in Education in Assessment & Evaluation

  • Eligibility Criteria

    Bachelor's degree, or equiv. International Education

  • Credit Hours

    6

  • Courses Offered

    5

  • Course Duration

    3 Months (Self-Paced) Program

  • Estimated Fee

    $1,560

Courses Offered

A graduate certificate offered by NYMU is respected by many accreditation authorities worldwide and the decree that t holds will serve to create a line of fantastic job opportunities that will eventually progress your career.

Assessment And Educational Leadership (ASE-283)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Assessment’S Significance To Educational Leaders
     What To Measure And How To Interpret Results
     Instructional Contribution
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Validity Of Assessment-Based Interpretations
     Reliability Of Assessment Devices
     Absence Of Bias
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     High-Quality Comparative Data
     Tying Down What’S Being Assessed
     Selected-Response Items
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Constructed-Response Items
     Performance And Portfolio Assessment
     Improving Test Items
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Creating Affective Measures
     Administering Educational Tests And Using The Results.
     Accountability Tests: Make Or Break Assessments For Educational Leaders.

Research Methods In Education (TLN-296)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Design, Measurement, And Analysis
     Standard Deviation And Correlation.
     Variables And The Relations Among Them.
     The Uses Of Descriptive Statistics.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Surveys And Random Sampling.
     Experiments And Random Assignment.
     Reliability And Validity.
     Statistical Inference.
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Regression Analysis.
     Back To Regression.
     Methods For Categorical Variables Including Logistic Regression
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Multi-Level Modeling.
     Factor Analysis.
     Structural Equation Modeling.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Program Evaluation.
     Test Item Analysis, Individual Assessment, And Accountability.
     Reviewing, Critiquing, And Synthesizing Research.

Advanced Special Education Assessment And Evaluation (SPE-312)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Introduction To Assessment: Issues And Concerns
     Introduction To Assessment: A Proposed Model
     Practical And Ethical Considerations
     Observational Assessment
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Criterion-Referenced Testing
     Portfolio Assessment And Other Alternative Procedures
     Assessment Of Intelligence
     Assessment Of Adaptive Behavior
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Assessment Of Behavioral And Emotional Status
     Assessment Of Oral Language
     Assessment Of General Achievement
     Assessment Of Reading
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Assessment Of Mathematics
     Assessment Of Written Expression
     Curriculum-Based Assessment
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Early Childhood Assessment
     Vocational/Transitional Assessment
     Examples Of Career Development Issue

Assessment And Evaluation (ASE-469)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Introduction To Educational Assessment
     The Basic Mathematics Of Measurement
     The Meaning Of Test Scores
     Reliability
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Validity
     Item Analysis
     The Initial Steps In Developing A Classroom Test
     The Development And Use Of Selected-Response Items
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Development And Use Of Constructed-Response Items
     Performance Assessments And Portfolios
     Assigning Grades On The Basis Of Classroom Assessments
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Standardized Achievement Tests In The Era Of High-Stakes Assessment  
     The Use Of Aptitude Tests In The Schools
     Assessment Of Behavior And Personality
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Assessment Accommodations For Students With Disabilities
     The Problem Of Bias In Educational Assessment
     Best Practices In Educational Assessment

Special Topics In Assessment And Evaluation (ASE-852)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Measuring Educational Constructs: Basic Concepts  
     Purposes For Educational Assessment
     Quality Of Assessment Results: Validity, Reliability, And Utility.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Types Of Assessment Tools
     A Process Model For Designing, Selecting, And Validating Assessment Tools
     Specifying The Construct Domain
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Designing Or Selecting Written Structured-Response Assessment Tools In User Path 1
     Designing Or Selecting Performance Assessment Tools In User Path 1
     Designing Or Selecting Affective, Social-Emotional, Personality, And Behavioral Assessments In User Paths 2-6
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Analyzing Data From Assessments
     Decision-Making Applications In User Paths 1-6
     Quantitative Item Analysis
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Quantitative Evaluation Of Validity And Reliability
     Selecting And Using Standardized Assessment Tools

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