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Fall 2025 Course Information:

Course: EDSE 627 [Assessment], section 692

Day: Wednesdays

Dates: 9/17/25 - 11/19/25

Times: 5:15 pm - 9:15 pm

Instructional Method: Hybrid — Mix of face-to-face meetings and online instruction. 

  • Dates of face-to-face meetings9/17; 10/1; 10/15; 10/29; 11/5
  • One synchronous online meeting on: 9/24 
  • Additional Work: Asynchronous coursework will supplement weekly meetings.

Location of face-to-face meetings: Woodson High School, room A119

Instructor: Dr. Randolph Lawrence (lrandol@gmu.edu)

Textbook: 

Overton, T., & Jordan, A. W.  (2024). Inclusive Assessment: An applied approach (Ninth ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Education.

Order information: https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/inclusive-assessment-an-applied-approach/P200000009732/9780137871599

 

Tuition: Payment will be due by 9/19/25.

(Please note that the payment website will open two weeks before the tuition due date).

  • With 1-19 students, $1,920 (this includes 15% VA educator discount)
  • With 20+ students, $1,692 (this includes 25% cohort discount).

Spring 1 2026 Course Information:

Course: EDSE 641 [Instructional Strategies for Reading and Writing], section 692

Day: Wednesdays

Dates: 1/7/26 - 3/4/26

Times: 5:15 pm - 9:45 pm

Instructional Method: Hybrid — Mix of face-to-face meetings and online instruction. 

  • Dates of face-to-face meetings:  1/7; 1/21; 2/4; 2/18; 2/25
  • Dates of synchronous online video meetings: all other Wednesdays
  • Additional Work: Asynchronous coursework will supplement weekly meetings.

Location of face-to-face meetings: TBA

Instructor: TBA

Textbooks:

(1) Archer, A. L., & Hughes, C. A. (2010). Explicit instruction: Effective and efficient teaching. Guilford Press. Chapters. 3, 4, 8 only (Note: Students should already have this text from EDSE 540)

(2) Harris, K. R., Graham, S., Mason, L. H., & Friedlander, B. (2008). Powerful writing strategies for all students. Brooks. ISBN-13: 978-1-55766-705-2

(3) Vaughn, S., & Bos C. S. (2025). Strategies for teaching students with learning and behavior problems (11th ed.). Pearson.

Tuition: Payment will be due by 1/9/26.

(Please note that the payment website will open two weeks before the tuition due date).

  • With 1-19 students, $1,920 (this includes 15% VA educator discount)
  • With 20+ students, $1,692 (this includes 25% cohort discount).

 

Spring 2 2026 Course Information:

Course: EDSE 643 [Instructional Strategies for Math], section 692

Day: Wednesdays

Dates: 3/11/26 - 5/13/26

Times: 5:15 pm - 9:45 pm

Instructional Method: Hybrid — Mix of face-to-face meetings and online instruction.

  • Dates of face-to-face meetings3/11; 3/25; 4/8; 4/22; 4/29
    • Spring Break 3/30 - 4/3
  • Additional Work: Asynchronous coursework.

Location of face-to-face meetings: TBA

Instructor: TBA

Textbook:

Fennell, F., Kobett, B. M., & Wray, J. A. (2017). The formative 5: Everyday assessment techniques for every math classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin

Tuition: Payment will be due by 3/13/26.

(Please note that the payment website will open two weeks before the tuition due date).

  • With 1-19 students, $1,920 (this includes 15% VA educator discount)
  • With 20+ students, $1,692 (this includes 25% cohort discount)

For information about individually scheduled Special Education Masters Degree courses, EDSE 517 & EDSE 590 visit: Masters Courses