EPSY 440 Tasks and Dates

EPSY440 - Evaluation

Course Tasks & Submission Dates

Assignment Release and Submission Dates

In-Class Assignments

1. Bloom's Taxonomy & Objective Writing - 9/10/01 - 10 pts

2. Correlation Calculation- 10/1/01 - 10 pts

3. Write 2 T-F/ 3 MC items on T-F/MC content, at home, to evaluate in class - 10/22/01 - 10 pts

4. Rewrite essay items from exercise in Chapter 11 and discuss in class - 10/29/01 & 11/5/01 - 10 pts

5. Conduct item analysis on Unit Two Exam results - 11/19/01 - 10 pts

6. Class Survey and Discussion on Grading - 11/26/01 - 10 pts

7. Standardizing and Grading Test Scores - 12/3/01 - 10 pts

Required Postings/Replies

1. Assignment #1: ERes (Daniel & King, 1998) - 9/10/01 - due 5:45 p.m. on 9/24/01 - 10 pts

2. Assignment #2: Appendices B & C (Nitko, 2001) - 9/24/01 - due 5:45 p.m. on 10/1/01 - 10 pts

3. Assignment #3: ERes (Hancock et al., 1993) - 10/8/01 - due 5:45 p.m. on 10/15/01 - 10 pts

4. Assignment #4: ERes (ACT Info Brief '97) - 10/15/01 - due 5:45 p.m. on 10/22/01 - 10 pts

5. Assignment #5: Evaluate 2 students' items on Eres - 10/22/01 - due 5:45 ppm on 10/29/01 - 10 pts

6. Assignment #6: Select a reading based on performance assessments - 10/29/01 - due 11/05/01 - 10 pts

7. Assignment #7: Select a reading based on grading students (ch. 15) - 11/12/01 - due 11/19/01 - 10 pts

8. Assignment #8/9: Choose a standardized test and follow the e-mailed guidelines for responding - 11/20/01 - due 112/3/01 - 20 points

Extra Credit

1. Class Pretest 9/10/01 & 9/24/01 - (raw score / 10 * 3 then rounded to nearest whole number)

2. Respond to class survey regarding new attendance policy - 5 pts

3. Miscellaneous extra credit for additional reading of textbook - 5 pts

4. Unit One Exam Bonus for getting thrown-out items correct - 4 pts possible

5. Unit Two Exam Bonus for getting thrown-out item item correct - 2 pts possible

6. Class Posttest 12/10/01 - (calculation to be determined)

Unit Exams

1. Unit 1 Exam - 10/8/01 - 50 pts

2. Unit 2 Exam - 11/12/01 - 50 pts

3. Unit 3 Exam - 12/10/01 - 50 pts