Registrations are invited for Assessment Literacy Course for Teachers and Educators by TISS. The course will be conducted in online mode.

About TISS

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), established in 1936, is India’s premier University for applied social science research and education. The Institute is a deemed university and is fully funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India. 

Course Details

This course responds to the needs expressed by practitioners and researchers to help understand deeply how assessment is to be visualised and implemented to ensure that curricular goals are met and not reduced to routine tasks.

As other education policy documents, the National Curriculum Framework (NCrF) 2023 acknowledges the need to change the ‘assessment culture’ (p.17) and ensure that assessment of learning (AoL) shifts to assessment for learning (AfL) and assessment as learning (AaL) to focus on ‘core capacities and Competencies’ (p.17) and not rote memorisation. Educationists require help in selecting and/or creating a variety of reliable, valid assessment tools that suit learning situations and learning goals; reporting observations of learners; and tracking their progress that also adheres to accountability standards.

This course aims to address these concerns and bring research and practice-based possibilities that can be used and tweaked by educators and develop their capacities to both source and select assessment practices. Furthermore, the course will also throw light on large-scale versus specific context (classroom-based) assessment and its impact on policy and curricula.

The course is organised around four units that engage student teachers to reflect and engage with ideas related to assessment and evaluation. An attempt is made to integrate affective experiences with the thinking and reflection on the tools that mediate assessment and evaluation. Suitable tasks within each unit enable structure experiences that unfold the variety of issues associated with the educational constructs widely used.

Units

  • Unit 1: Assessment: Purposes and Contexts.
  • Unit 2: Reliability and Validity across Assessment Types and Tools.
  • Unit 3: Practical and Ethical Considerations in Assessment.
  • Unit 4: Assessment Design Principles: Binding Them All.

Eligibility Criteria

Learners must

  • Possess a graduate degree.
  • Have access to internet and a computing device (laptop/mobile/tablet).
  • Have access to at least 2-3 students (any age) that they can implement assessment activities with.

Duration

October 15-November 27, 2024.

How to Register?

Interested participants can register online via this link.

Contact

Email: tissx[at]tiss[dot]edu

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