Transformative Assessment at ASU West Colleen Carmean IT Consulting Director ASU West NLII Fellow 2002
goal ► Define the purpose of the assessment activities and align these with institutional goals. ► Understand practical applications of basic assessment concepts. ► Identify appropriate methodologies to use. ► Set up an assessment team and project plan. ► Test the methods in a pilot. ► Finalize the project plan.
process ► Create core group: VP for Assessment Director of Institutional Planning & Research Principal Assessment Analyst Chair of Faculty Senate IT Director responsible for T&L
process ► Invite entire campus to weekly meetings Campus-wide announcement Discussion in Faculty Senate Web page, updated to outline weekly topics Donuts!!!
schedule ► Conditons for Successful Assessment (READY: Campus Experience? Chaos
schedule ► What are we assessing? Mission, values, shared outcomes Campus experience? ► Alignment. ► Lack of disagreement, when searching for documents. ► Awareness of need to make documents more public.
schedule ► Readiness How "ready" is my institution to use institution-wide assessment systems, in an integrated way for all levels to systematically transform teaching and learning? ► Campus experience? Confusion sets in.
schedule ► Planning the Study Self-Awareness and identification Choosing target area Involving constituents Campus experience? ► Students are strapped for time
schedule ► Methodologies and Systems Based on assessment system case studies and the purpose(s) of our institutional study, what are the most appropriate and effective assessment methodologies to use? Campus decision? ► Explore ‘less seat time’ option ► Poll the faculty ► Poll the students ► Contact legal office ► Involve course scheduling group
schedule ► Final Testing and Wrap Up ► Present project to TAP community Is it truly transformative? Was it based on sound data? Does it align with campus mission and goals?
summary ► Transformative Assessment: Awareness Alignment Public documents Collaboration
We need your involvement ► Take the READY assessment branch ► Contribute case studies ► Help plan or host additional workshops
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