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Wendy WeinerChatham UniversityMiddle States ConferenceDecember 7-9, 2008Baltimore, MD
Establishing a Culture
of Assessment
+ General Education Goals
Establishing/fine-tuning gen ed goals
Whole-college assessment
Verification of all gen ed goals being supported in each degree program
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+ Common Glossary of Assessment Terms
Goals v. objectives
Learning outcomes v. objectives
Assessment v. evaluation
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+Faculty Ownership of Assessment Program
If the faculty doesn’t own it, it’s not going to happen
Faculty-led assessment team
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+ On-going Professional Development
Internal series of assessment professional develop workshops
Sending out teams to regional, national, international workshops
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+ Administrative Support and Understanding
Assessment is everyone’s business
Starts with president
Requires some financial, administrative resources
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+ Practical, Sustainable Assessment Plan
Cost effective
Realistic
Rollover assessment
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+Systematic Assessment
Planned rollout with multi-year cycle
Not once and done
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+Student Learning Outcomes for All Courses and Programs Departmental collaboration—identify what students
should be able to do and know
Use Bloom’s taxonomy
Remember, “understand” and “learn” aren’t measureable
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+Comprehensive Program Review
Improvement
Growth
Accountability
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+Assessment of Co-curricular Activities
Learning outside the classroom
Example: College-wide global focus
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+College-wide Involvement in Institutional Effectiveness
Going beyond student learning outcomes.
How well the college is meeting its mission and goals
Areas not to overlook: president’s office, administrative services, the college board of trustees, workforce development, the foundation, public relations, all components of student services Library services
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+ Forums To Share the Strategies and Results with the College Faculty learn from each other
Cross departmental pollination peer review the efforts, steer away from failed experiences replicate successes where appropriate
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+Assessment Results Reflected in Planning and Budgeting Faculty participation
Support Rewards
Closing the loop
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+Celebration of the Successes; Learning from the Failures Clear message that assessment report didn’t drop off
the face of the earth
Discussing what went wrong Prevent repetition of mistakes Tweak to make it a successful activity
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+What Happens When a New Initiative Is Proposed
Most compelling indicator of having a culture of assessment
Important questions: What are the goals and objectives? How will we assess it?
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+Review your lists
What else could identify your culture of assessment?
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Questions?
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