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Examples of Assessment by Institution |
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At Denison University, the primary location for the assessment of student learning is at the departmental level. Dennison chose the major as its primary context because “liberal education outcomes . . . reach their highest level of cultivation in the context of the student’s area of specialization or major field(s).” (The Art & Science of Assessing General Education outcomes: A Practical Guide , Leskes and Wright, AAC&U, 2005). Each department has developed an assessment plan and submits a yearly assessment report. Department assessment coordinators catalyze and manage the departmental program and ensure that reporting to the university assessment committee is done on an annual basis. Department assessment plans must minimally include the following: the departmental mission statement and goals of the program, a description of the contexts in which assessment takes place (e.g., capstone seminars, comprehensive exams, portfolios), a description of the instruments used to measure outcomes, a description of the context(s) for discussion and analysis of the information obtained from the measures, and an account of the mechanism(s) for factoring the information back into program improvement. The Assessment Committee provides responses to departmental reports, with advice and recommendations on the plan, the measures, the analyses of the data gathered, and the feedback process for program improvement. |
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