Becoming an emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic can take anywhere from one to three years, depending on a studentâs choice of career and educational path. EMT training focuses on life support techniques in first-response situations, including CPR, tourniquet application, and treatment of wounds.MT basic training (EMT-B) takes anywhere from six months to two years to complete, depending on the institution. These programs are offered at technical institutes and community colleges and typically include 120 to 150 hours of coursework.
When educators spend precious instructional time administering and scoring assessments, the utility of the results should be worth the time and effort spent. They want to understand the results and use them to meaningfully adjust instruction and better support student learning. This is what consequential relevance is.
Asking students to demonstrate their understanding of the subject matter is critical to the learning process; it is essential to evaluate whether the educational goals and standards of the lessons are being met. Assessment is an integral part of instruction, as it determines whether or not the goals of education are being met. Assessment affects decisions about grades, placement, advancement, instructional needs, curriculum, and, in some cases, funding. Assessment inspire us to ask these hard questions: Are we teaching what we think we are teaching?