Posts Tagged ‘higher education assessment’
August 8 - To Make Assessment Manageable Keep it Simple and Be Flexible
By: Mary Bart in Educational Assessment
Anyone with a 3-year-old knows one of their favorite words is “Why.” As it turns out, asking “why” is a good way to examine your assessment goals and how they align with your institution’s core values.
“My favorite assessment question is ‘Why’ and I ask it over and over again,” said Linda Suskie, president at the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
July 11 - Creating a Campus Culture That Values Assessment
By: Mary Bart in Educational Assessment
It is only a slight exaggeration to say that resistance to educational assessment comes from almost as many different sources as there are assessment tools, but in the end the reasons usually all boil down to three main issues:
- Lack of understanding of the value and importance of assessment
- Lack of resources to engage in assessment
- Fear of change and risk taking
June 21 - Educational Assessment: Designing a System for More Meaningful Results
By: Mary Bart in Educational Assessment, Free Reports
Making Sense of Higher Education Assessment Educational Assessment: Designing a System for More Meaningful Results Assessing institutional effectiveness is a noble pursuit, but measuring student learning is not always easy. As with so many things we try to quantify, there’s much more to learning than a number in a datasheet. When it comes to assessment.
May 5 - Summarizing and Using Assessment Results
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
You put a lot of hard work into creating student assessments. And then what? With all the time spent developing and administering assessments, it’s a shame not to reap the benefits of your efforts. This seminar will teach you how to summarize and use your assessment results.
May 4 - Keys to a Culture of Assessment: Value and Respect
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
We have long moved past the question of whether or even how to assess. Now the issue is how to analyze and apply the data. This seminar will provide concrete ideas and proven strategies for creating a healthy, collaborative, and respectful culture of assessment, success, and constant improvement on your campus.
November 2 - Alternative Grading Methods for the College Classroom
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Educational Assessment
Students are very motivated by grades—we all know that. For that reason, it’s useful to consider alternative approaches that might affect not just the motivation to get the grade, but the motivation to learn and develop important skills. Here are highlights from two articles that propose these kinds of intriguing alternatives.
September 1 - Five Steps to Improving Program-Level Assessment Practices
By: Mary Bart in Educational Assessment
Student learning outcomes assessment can be defined in a lot of different ways, but Lisa R. Shibley, PhD., assistant vice president for Institutional Assessment and Planning at Millersville University, has a favorite definition. It’s from Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education by Barbara E. Walvoord and states that student learning outcomes assessment is “the systematic collection of information about student learning, using time, knowledge, expertise, and resources available in order to inform decisions about how to improve learning.”
January 4 - Improving Your Assessment Processes: Q&A with Linda Suskie
By: Rob Kelly in Educational Assessment
It’s a new year, but the same old challenges exist. Given today’s financial challenges, colleges and universities are all working harder than ever to be careful stewards of limited resources and to demonstrate their effectiveness to stakeholders, constituents, and the public.
September 16 - Designing Effective Assessments: Q&A with Trudy Banta
By: Rob Kelly in Educational Assessment
In their new book, Designing Effective Assessment: Principles and Profiles of Good Practice, Trudy Banta, Elizabeth Jones, and Karen Black provide assessment profiles from a wide variety of institutions and units. In advance of her online seminar titled Principles and Profiles of Good Practice in Assessment. Dr. Banta answered questions about the book and some of the topics she will discuss next week’s seminar.
September 11 - Encouraging Faculty Involvement in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
By: Rob Kelly in Teaching and Learning
Despite the admirable goal of improving student learning by assessment, many faculty members are uneasy about participating in assessment-related activities. One way to overcome negative feelings about assessment while promoting improved student learning is to encourage faculty to engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).
