Assessment Strategies -- WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
FOUR ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES: DEVELOPING TALENT
AND IMPROVING PROGRAMS
Has the student or program improved
and How can the student's program and learning experience be improved even
further?
This approach is the most formative and developmental
of all and is most noticeably practiced at places like Alverno College
and Kings College. This is one question that is universally applicable
to ALL students, institutions, programs, and faculty. Multi-method,
multi-measure, and decentralized research strategies are the most fruitful,
and departments should be encouraged to use a variety of assessment tools
and sources of evidence. The following advantages and disadvantages
characterize this approach.
Advantages
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Applicable to all students and programs regardless
of potential and previous attainment.
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Incorporates a wide and flexible range of objective
an subjective sources of information.
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Maintains a focus on the student and the learning
process.
Disadvantages
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Requires continuing faculty attention and periodic
renewal.
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Improvement can be difficult to demonstrate in the
absence of a pre-test/post-test methodology.
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