The work in this course will help prepare future STEM teachers to create, examine, analyze, and critically utilize a variety of assessments found in K12 education. Specific focus will be given to present day assessment issues and will also include the following interconnected components in relation to assessment: equity (high expectations and strong support for all students); curriculum (coherent, focused, comprehensive, and culturally inclusive); teaching (focus on understanding what students know and need to learn); learning (active construction of new knowledge) and technology (incorporation of technological influences in the teaching-learning process).