Educational Testing in the USA: Issues and Practical Experience

3 credits · Undergraduate

The aim of this course is to discuss and debate important issues that arise regarding educational testing, focusing on the US context, but including international perspectives as well. In order to give the students a practical experience regarding these issues, each student will participate in a group exercise to develop their own measurement instrument. Thus this course has two parts: (a) to give students exposure to the important contemporary issues in educational testing in the USA; and (b) to give students a chance to experience how tests and other instruments are developed.