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Examples of Assessment by Institution |
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Carnegie Mellon University has adopted innovative, data-driven approaches to learning outcomes assessment in every college at the university. Such initiatives have greatly increased in the last decade, and include: · increasing the number and range of project or capstone classes which help students consolidate both content knowledge and practical skills; · testing cognitively-based online courses designed to increase student and faculty engagement and to provide continuous feedback on progress to students and instructors; · testing novel instructional tools to improve student achievement; · taking a new approach to teaching and assessing academic writing and communications skills; and expanding support for and systematic evaluation of independent student research projects (individual and team-based).
Recognizing that some of these diverse and largely successful projects were little known or recognized outside of the particular department or college, the university leadership has formed an educational assessment working group to bring greater coordination across programs and campuses. This group includes representatives from all colleges and is charged with expanding instructor awareness and systematic use of best practices across disciplines and supporting an outcomes-based approach to curriculum development.
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