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Examples of Assessment by Institution |
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Kenyon College. In order to foster and improve student learning across the liberal arts and sciences, Kenyon faculty review and discuss a wide variety of student assignments and projects to assess the achievement of key learning goals.
These discussions, held yearly by each department, focus both on the general education goals put forth in the college mission statement, as applied to all students taking courses in the department, and on the discipline-specific learning goals articulated by departments and programs for their majors. Faculty are asked to: 1) articulate the learning goals addressed in their courses, 2) describe assignments on which students can demonstrate achievement relative to those goals, 3) characterize typical student work on those assignments, 4) compare typical achievement with desired achievement, and 5) identify ways to alter courses, assignments, curricula, and pedagogy in order to improve student attainment of those learning goals.
Reports of these discussions are forwarded to a faculty committee on resource allocation and assessment. The committee reviews these reports, identifying common themes and longitudinal trends in the results of these assessment exercises. A summary of this review process is subsequently reported to the faculty. The committee, which also advises the academic administration on budget priorities and faculty/staffing issues, can bring findings from assessment into consideration during those deliberations.
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