| Title: | Edu Policy & Evaluation |
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| Course Section Number: | PSC-210-02 |
| Department: | Political Science |
| Description: | PSC-210-02 = EDU-240-01 = BLS-270-03 : Educational Policy and Evaluation. This course examines educational policy at the federal and state levels. We will explore the role of educational policy in guiding educational evaluation, with particular focus upon the use-and abuse-of statistical approaches to the evaluation of teaching and learning. After an introduction to the assumptions underlying qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods designs for educational research, the focus turns to the ways in which teaching and learning processes are understood and measured in public education. Standardized testing and common practices such as "quantitizing" qualitative data are examined for their assumptions and limitations in educational settings. The goal of the course is the development of quantitative skills and literacies needed for critical participation in public discussions and decision-making about these metrics as tools for diagnosis and reform in public education. In particular, students will be prepared to better evaluate political debate and news coverage related to the assessment of teaching and learning. Calculation of descriptive statistics commonly used in classroom assessments and in standardized educational measures, including those with normal and with skewed distributions, is taught using Excel. Substantial practice is devoted to representation and interpretation of quantitative data, using Excel's graphing and charting functions. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 22, 2019 |
| End Date: | December 15, 2019 |
| Meeting Information: |
10/29/2019-12/05/2019 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 01:10PM - 02:25PM, Malcolm X Institute, Room 214
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| Faculty: | Seltzer-Kelly, Deborah |
| Requisite Courses: | Take Freshmen Tutorial. |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 18 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 13 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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