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Meeting of the Provost’s Assessment Advisory Committee October 12, 2004

Meeting of the Provost’s Assessment Advisory Committee October 12, 2004. Working Draft. Institutional Assessment Plan October 12, 2004. Assessment is an ongoing process aimed at understanding and improving student learning (or other services/functions)

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Meeting of the Provost’s Assessment Advisory Committee October 12, 2004

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  1. Meeting of the Provost’s Assessment Advisory Committee October 12, 2004

  2. Working Draft Institutional Assessment Plan October 12, 2004

  3. Assessment is an ongoing process aimed at understanding and improving student learning (or other services/functions) • Making our expectations explicit and public; • Setting appropriate criteria and high standards for learning quality (or unit goals/objectives); • Systematically gathering, analyzing, and interpreting evidence to determine how well performance matches those expectations and standards; and • Using the resulting information to document, explain, and improve performance. • (Adapted from Thomas A. Angelo, AAHE Bulletin, November 1995, p.7)

  4. Highlights of the Draft Institutional Assessment Plan • Foundation on pre-existing activity • Program review process in place • Approved General Education Assessment Plan • Good track record regarding assessment of overall educational outcomes • Many University-wide academic programs and non-academic administrative units already engaged in assessment activities

  5. Highlights of the Draft Institutional Assessment Plan • New Procedures – Guidelines – Reporting Protocol • All academic and academic-related University-wide academic programs need to develop and implement formal assessment plans • All non-academic administrative support units that influence the student experience need to develop and implement formal assessment plans • Ideally, all units with implications for the achievement of the University’s mission and goals should develop and implement assessment plans

  6. Highlights of the Draft Institutional Assessment Plan • New Procedures – Guidelines – Reporting Protocol • Vice Presidents/Deans responsible for ensuring that their units develop assessment plans • Vice Presidents/Deans responsible for assessment plan implementation in their units • Assessment plans will be shared with relevant University Senate Councils • All units (academic and non-academic) will prepare annual assessment activity reports for their Vice President or Dean. • Assessment activity reports will be shared with relevant University Senate Councils

  7. Next Steps: • Review the Working Draft • Comments/Suggestions to Bruce Szelest by October 29 • Working Groups to meet within two weeks (by October 26) • Mapping Group • VP reps, Council reps • Group for Linking Assessment with Planning and Budgeting • VP and Dean reps, UPC chair, others? • Meet again 2nd week in November for further discussion?

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