Transformative Assessment at ASU West
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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: http:www.educause.edu/) • 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
TAP Website http://team.educause.edu/tap