L EARNING THE R OPES The Step by Step Way To Use Portfolios for Program or Institutional Assessment 2011 AAEEBL World Summit
I NTRODUCTION of Terrel Rhodes
T HE I MPORTANCE OF D IRECT A SSESSMENT Terrel Rhodes
I NTRODUCTION of Wende Garrison
O VERVIEW OF THE S TEPS Collect Recruit Logistics Common score and calibrate Score Close the feedback loop
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C OLLECT Student permission Random sample Paper vs electronic
R ECRUIT Diversity of disciplines Apply Payment
L OGISTICS Space Food Forms Cover sheet Score sheet Track work sample type Data Entry
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C OMMON S CORE & C ALIBRATE Review vocabulary Match the words on the rubric to evidence in the work sample
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C OMMON S CORE & C ALIBRATE Repeat until all scorers are scoring in two adjacent boxes Caveat
S CORE Get up after each work sample
C LOSE THE F EEDBACK L OOP Debrief on day of scoring to capture ideas for assignment changes Report results to teaching faculty Faculty brainstorm a plan for changes—document plan Set a date and a time to compare plan for changes to what actually happens Set a date and time to compare old data with new, post-change data Data without behavior change is useless
Q UESTIONS ? Terrel RhodesWende Garrison