ComprehensiveAssessmentReports-TheRPGroup.ppt

* Authorship Course-level, program-level general education Teaching faculty study team with technical assistance from institutional research or assessment committee No “lone ranger” authors Institutional summary Academic administrator with assistance from Learning outcomes coordinator or assessment committee Compilation of work accomplished in one or two academic years across the institution * Putting the Reports to “Work” To all affected participants Campus committees Curriculum, assessment, resource allocation group, unit (department) leadership, general academic and college leadership Campus fairs, brown-bag lunches, poster sessions for information sharing Faculty professional development programs Accreditation self-study committee work groups Local governing board presentation College web site for the public * Reports a Learning Organization Learning organization Environment that promotes a culture of learning Individual group learning enriches enhances the organization as a whole Systematic problem solving using data for decisions Learning from experiences in assessing organizational performance Comparing yourself to others (benchmarking) and borrowing ideas Adriana Kezar ed. Organizational Learning in Higher Education New Directions for Higher Education. No. 131, Fall 2005. Jossey-Bass. * Reports as Institutional Learning  Resource Allocation The assessment data sense-making process = a faculty learning experience Linking results to future interventions = a learning experience Using results to inform an intervention, then reassess = a learning experience (accomplished one or more terms later) Reference for future assessment work and other groups on campus * Reports as Institutional Learning  Resource Allocation Hocking College (OH) Annual summary Improvements in the program in the previous year brought on by study of assessment results Expenditures of time, money materials for the assessment program Requests for assistance in implementing ass