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Assessment: It's for the Birds!

Welcome to the Flock! This Assessment Coordinators Meeting Agenda provides materials, resources, and tips for spending less time in TracDat. The agenda also includes a timeline for fall, Q&A/work time, and other helpful tips. Don't miss out on this valuable resource!

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Assessment: It's for the Birds!

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  1. Assessment It’s for the birds!!

  2. WELCOME TO THE FLOCK!!!

  3. Assessment Coordinators MeetingAgenda • Materials and resources • 3 tips for spending less time in TracDat • Other helpful tips • Timeline for Fall • Q&A / work time

  4. Materials and resources • Query report (handout) • Last data entry date • Last action date • Last follow-up date • User guides • Viterbo’s assessment framework

  5. Tip #1: Start with the 4-column report • Print it out for the last 3 years • Look for the best places to focus your work • Evaluate where you’ve been, and where you need to focus your attention currently and in the future

  6. Tip #2: Build a strong nest! • Learning outcomes (in the Plan), along with supporting documents (assignment descriptions and the rubrics used to evaluate them) • Results (in the Results section, nested under the learning outcomes) – include results Excel files (don’t identify students by name) • Action (nested under the result – should have an action if the data didn’t meet a criterion) • Follow-up (nested under the Action, usually a semester or a year later, after the action has been taken)

  7. Tip #3: Be a parrot • When you want to keep repeating common language, put that language into a Word doc, copy and paste from it when entering results

  8. Other helpful tips • Why do birds fly south in the winter? • Because it would be a really long walk! • Use your wings! APAC reviews occur every 5 years – Use the analysis in your Program Review • Verify there’s been improvement since your last APAC review • Birds of a feather flock together • Use the Assessment office for help! • Don’t put all your eggs in one basket • 3 to 8 measurable learning outcomes • Rotate the evaluation of these on some schedule (don’t try to do it all every year) • At least 2 direct measures for each outcome

  9. Timeline for Fall 2018 • Now: Enter results from 2017-2018; Check the 4-column report for results (with assignment descriptions and rubrics) / actions / and follow-up • In-service week and 1st 2 weeks of September: Meet with faculty in your program to discuss the results and make curricular change suggestions • Assessment summary reports due: September 14th – there will not be space for extensions • September 30th – University-wide assessment reports will be completed and provided to our peer evaluators • October 29-30 – HLC Peer Evaluators on campus • November – Catalog changes due to deans

  10. Q&A • Work time

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