MESA7240 · Education
Lynch School of Education & Human Development
This course builds on Instrument Design and Development by exploring technical andprocedural issues executed when developing and implementing large-scale assessmentprograms. Among the topics explored are establishing performance levels, standard setting,scale linking and anchoring, field testing and matrix sampling designs, adaptive test designs,accessible test design, technology-enhanced items and tasks, scoring and reporting, anddeveloping technical and validity reports. This course provides students with a strongfoundation to critically examine and/or support large-scale assessment programs implementedby state and federal agencies, as well as international research organizations.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.4 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.6 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.7 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.0 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
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Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Fall 2023
1 section