Signature Assignment: Developing a Balanced Assessment

Assignment Content

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   Read the Signature Assignment: Designing a Balanced Assessment* and Signature Assignment Guidelines.
   Complete the Signature Assignment: Designing a Balanced Assessment.
   Cite all sources according to APA format.
   Submit your original work.
   Additional Information: Did you know?
   Designing a Balanced Assessment
   Instructions:

   • READ all of the provided information.
   • Complete the Signature Assignment: Designing a Balanced Assessment.
   • Click the Grading tab to view the Designing a Balanced Assessment rubric.
   • Read the posted information and documents in the Did You Know section.
   • Cite all sources according to APA format.
   • Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your original work
   • Refer to information posted in Week 2 regarding this assignment.

   Please note that in Week 6 of this course, the college has placed a “Signature Assignment.” The title of this assignment is Designing a Balanced Assessment. This means I will be grading your work on this assignment toward the course as well as scoring it for attainment of essential skills that lead to our program’s learning outcomes. The University will collect this data across many assignments in many courses, which helps provide us a better sense of the learning that occurs in our classrooms. Please note that this must be your original work,Thank you!
   _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The easiest way to look at this assignment is by looking at the rubric. It’s broken down into 7 sections. The 8th is overall APA formatting.It would be wise to set up your Signature Assignment in the order below. Again, for your sake, please clearly label each section of your assignment using the headings below. If you have separate attachments, please label each attachment. For example, Formative Interim Assessment or Pre-assessment. If you have one attachment, please clearly label each assessment within the attachment. In short, please label everything!

   Please clearly label all sections of your assessment using the headings below:

   1. Standards
   2. Objectives/ Learning Targets
   3. Pre-assessment
   4. Formative interim assessment
   5. Summative Assessment
   6. Summative Evaluation Plan
   7. Reflection
   8. APA formatting*

   Please understand that Signature Assignments are required and cannot be changed or deleted.
   This assignment is independent. You are expected to work independently and transfer the knowledge and skills acquired over the course of the semester to a new context. All scaffolds are removed with this assignment.
   Make sure you access and read all information posted that is related to this assignment. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via email, so I can use questioning and prompts to direct you to the proper information. Thanks.