MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION

Type of course:	Compulsory
Language of instruction:	Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction:	English
Name of lecturer:	Valer Daniel Breaz
Seminar tutor:	Ioan Lucian Popa
Form of education	Full-time

Form of instruction:	Class / Seminary
Number of teaching hours per semester:	42
Number of teaching hours per week:	3
Semester:	Autumn
Form of receiving a credit for a course:	Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated	5

Course aims:

Knowledge of peculiarities in educational measurement and the main measurement techniques and methods used in the investigation and in educational practice;
Skills of analysis, quantification and measurement of educational phenomena and data usage in educational management;
Assessment skills development of human resources by applying the techniques of scaling and performance measurement training;
Educational Testing skills development and expansion register strategies and methods of school evaluation and assessment processes / education structures;
Developing skills of expertise in educational measurement and evaluation

Course Entry Requirements:

N/A

Course contents:

1. Measurement 1.1 Conceptual and methodological foundations of measurement 1.2. Choice and analysis of operational indicators 1.3. Building statistical indicators 1.4. Approximate measurement and nominal indicators of the Order 1.5. Calibration of measuring instruments 1.6. Evaluation of measuring instruments 1.7. Evaluation of statistical data 2. Evaluation 2.1. The conceptual and methodological aspects of evaluation 2.2. Developments in teacher evaluation issues 2.3. Classical methods of evaluation 2.4. Assessment methods pedagogical research 2.5. Evaluation of the technical tests 2.6. Comprehensive evaluation methods 2.7. Portfolio - complex tool for learning and assessment 2.8. Theory and practice of grading schools 2.9. Objective and subjective in the evaluation process

Teaching methods:

Lecture, discussion, exemplification

Learning outcomes:

• know and apply the steps of selection and analysis of measurable indicators • build, benchmark and validate educational tests • build and use rating scales persons, qualities and performance of staff • select and apply the most appropriate evaluation methods and evaluating school effectiveness and efficiency of educational

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Final evaluation – 50%; Seminar activities – 50%.