C URRICULUM M APPING AT THE P ROGRAM L EVEL : A S TAND -A LONE L AW S CHOOL Susan Etta Keller Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

T HE A SSESSMENT P ROCESS : Learning Outcomes Classroom & Homework Activities Assessment Opportunities Evaluation and Improvement

S OURCES FOR L EARNING O UTCOMES Outcomes Assessment for Law Schools by Gregory S. Munro (2000) sessment/ sessment/ Carnegie Report Best Practices in Legal Education ment_excerpts_from_best_practices_for_legal_ed ucation.pdf ment_excerpts_from_best_practices_for_legal_ed ucation.pdf Other Law Schools: e.g.: conference/Shaw-Developing-a-Comprehensive- Assessment-Plan.pdf conference/Shaw-Developing-a-Comprehensive- Assessment-Plan.pdf

M APPING L EARNING O UTCOMES Once Learning Outcomes are established, a Curriculum Map can help you visually chart the progress students make on the outcomes throughout the curriculum. Can be done concurrently with development of assessment program. Will help focus assessment plan. Goals: Determining if students progress appropriately with respect to each outcome, discovering holes, redundancies.

C URRICULUM M APPING Program-level Map Learning Outcomes Course or Educational Experience #1 Course or Educational Experience #2 #3 Outcome #1I R Outcome #2 R R A Outcome #3 RA Outcome #4IA I = introduced, R = reinforced, A = advanced Great Resource: t/Assessment_Resources/Curriculum___Outcome_Maps.htm t/Assessment_Resources/Curriculum___Outcome_Maps.htm

WSCL’ S I NITIAL A TTEMPT … A=Awareness;U=Use; P=Proficiency;E=Expertise

K EY C HALLENGES : Knowing rather than guessing at skills taught in each course (or each section of a course) Minimizing puffery Correctly characterizing the degree of proficiency Navigating difficult policy decisions when holes are discovered

I NDIVIDUAL C OURSE O UTCOME M AP Learning Goals Applying Rules to Facts (e.g.) Advocacy of Legal Arguments(e.g.) Activities Writing Exercises (specify) Quizzes (describe) Proficiency Level Awareness Use Proficiency Expertise

Greater understanding of what is being taught where Opportunity to reflect on appropriateness of Outcomes Opportunity for individual faculty to reflect on goals, activities, and their relationship in individual courses. New Course Outcomes Puffing may become reality! B ENEFITS OF F ACULTY P ARTICIPATION IN C URRICULUM M APPING