Faculty of Education

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

Graduate Diploma in Educational Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation (24 points)

To obtain the diploma you need to take following units:

• EDUC8631 Approaches to Research
• EDUC8636 Assessment and Measurement
• EDUC8637 Measurement and Evaluation

and then select one from:

• EDUC8633 Quantitative Inquiry
• EDUC8634 Qualitative Inquiry

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

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Brochure

Brochure - Graduate Diploma Education Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation
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Updated 12 Aug 2008