How to apply
Domestic students
Please complete the application form
International students
Information for International students
If you are not a UWA graduate, you must submit an original or certified copy of your academic transcript for all tertiary qualifications, and evidence of citizenship via a birth certificate or passport entry.
Key information
- 24 credit points
- 1 year part time
- Course code: 31320
Fees
Important dates
Application 2010
18 December 2009
Commence 2010
1 March
This course enables teachers and school administrators to become accomplished users of performance information and, where necessary, to develop high quality assessments to form the basis for evidence-based improvement.
Course outline
This course is suited to teachers at primary school, secondary school, college and university levels and currently is available only through face-to-face teaching.
It articulates with the Master of Education in Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation by coursework and the Master of Education by coursework.
Areas of practical application include:
- interpretation and analysis of state standardised assessments for the purpose of evidence-based decision making and improving learning outcomes
- use of assessment information for in depth evaluation of the learning of individual students and groups, including program evaluation
- development of assessment strategies, processes and programs to meet particular school needs
- critical evaluation of the strengths and limitations of different assessments and approaches to assessment, including those which employ outcomes frameworks
Areas of research include:
- conceptualising learning in any given domain as a developmental continuum
- applying principles of measurement to explicitly characterise developmental continua, and to understand the nature of student development
- translating measurement principles into practices that allow educators to collect and evaluate evidence of progress and growth
- clarifying key issues in ongoing debates on formative and summative assessment, criterion and norm referenced assessment, and other commonly used concepts.
The course consists of units to a total value of 24 points comprising:
- EDUC8631 Approaches to Research
- EDUC8636 Assessment and Measurement
- EDUC8637 Measurement and Evaluation
and then select one from:
Admission requirements
Domestic students
A relevant bachelor's degree requiring at least three years of full-time study and either two years of full-time professional experience in the field of education or demonstrated research capacity acceptable to the Faculty.
All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence
International students
All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence
Course enquiries
Course content
Associate Professor Stephen Humphry
Telephone: (+61 8) 6488 7008
Course coordinator
Associate Professor Simon Clarke
Telephone: (+61 8) 6488 2398
Brochure
