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    including those with disabilities (Educational Technology, 2012). It was designed to provide parents more options and better teaching methods for their children with disabilities (Educational Technology, 2012). It described how and what students would be learning and assessments given to prove their success. The NCLB was designed with academic standards categorized by each individual state. By the 2005 school year, all states were to prove their assessments for language arts and math in grades

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    testing and assessment we’ve read about and watched in this class. It is a collection of essays from educators and stakeholders in the field. The book is broken up into distinct sections, the first focused on testing and the second on grading. A historical context regarding failures of testing and grading is also provided to give context to the current problems with high stakes assessment and grading. The main message presented in this book is that high stakes testing and assessments (grading)

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    Office of Science and Technology Policy, 2014) and new STEM educational instructional strategies (Bruce-Dacis, Gubbins, Gilson, Villanueva, & Foreman, 2014). Despite these new investments and changes, many students are neither enrolling nor excelling in STEM programming, particularly students of color (Museus, Palmer, Davis, & Maramba, 2011). Concurrently, many of the areas of greatest economic opportunity exist in STEM related fields (National Research Council, 2011). In order to overcome the opportunity

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    “Under Virginia’s approved Elementary and Secondary Education Act waiver application, schools must meet increasing targets — referred to as Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) — in reading and mathematics for all students, three “Proficiency Gap Groups,” and other subgroups in order to meet federal accountability requirements” (Virginia Department of Education, 2015b, p. 1). AMO’s are not available for science; however, scores can be compared with the division and the state. Newsome Park Elementary

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    Is the current structure of the America’s educational system holding us back from making progress? This topic is a current debate within educational and political circles, yet a solution to America’s educational crisis has not been established. One party feels that schools should be nationally controlled or moved to the private sector and only through aggressive reform can real progress be made. The opposite side of the argument feels we should hold onto America’s traditions, and the constant

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    learners with special educational needs and disabilities, key pieces of legislation and the changes enforced which have influenced current practice. The SEND code of practice (2015) refers to Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) as; a young-person or child who has a learning difficulty and/or disability which requires special educational provisions to be put in place (GOV 2015). The SEND code of practice is statutory and further enforces that adaptations are made to the National Curriculum (2014)

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    PAPER ON THE TOPIC: EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION HAS PROVED ITSELF MOST RELEVANT IN ACADEMIC SETTING (DISCUSS). PREPARED BY USORO, THERESA DOMIINIC GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING DEPARTMENT/SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE TITLE: MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION COURSE CODE: EDU 441 SUBMITTED TO MR I.O. IHEAKA INTRODUCTION Educational evaluation started off as a branch of psychology in the late 50s, as a result of curriculum innovations. It was then referred to as Educational Measurement, Measurement

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    Assessment Tools Paper Liberty University Online Abstract The paper covers six different assessment tools used to determine children’s learning profiles. This includes his or her interests, ability/intellectual level, achievement level, and personality type. Findings contain the Strong Interest Inventory, the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS), the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5), the National

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    developed through government policy and undergone significant changes in the past decade with the introduction of the statutory SEN Code of Practice 2001 which states that the role of the SENCo includes identifying and placing pupils in need of special educational provision on a graduated system, liaising with parents and other professionals in regards to children with SEND and advising and supporting other practitioners in the field amongst other responsibilities.

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    Definitions Relating to Assessment 1. Assessment: In education, “assessment” is used to refer to both the underlying philosophical framework and methods of measurement that are used to document or inform student readiness, progress towards objectives, and learning generally by stakeholders with potential implications for future actions. Allen, M. J. (2003). Assessing academic programs in higher education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Astin, A. & Antonio, A. (2012). Assessment for excellence: The philosophy

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