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Riding the Assessment Wave: A Beginner’s Approach to Getting Your Feet Wet

Riding the Assessment Wave: A Beginner’s Approach to Getting Your Feet Wet. Presenters: Erin Nunn, Jarrett Kealey, and Katelin Getz Ohio University. Section Outcomes:. Learn how to utilize assessment technology through hands on experience;

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Riding the Assessment Wave: A Beginner’s Approach to Getting Your Feet Wet

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  1. Riding the Assessment Wave:A Beginner’s Approach to Getting Your Feet Wet Presenters: Erin Nunn, Jarrett Kealey, and Katelin Getz Ohio University

  2. Section Outcomes: • Learn how to utilize assessment technology through hands on experience; • Introduction to assessment tools, concepts, and the reasons for administering assessment; • Demonstrate understanding through utilizing the assessment model to engage in a brief case study.

  3. Assessment? • Assessment • Any effort to gather, analyze, and interpret evidence which describes institutional, departmental, divisional, or agency effectiveness. • Assessment • Narrow implications • Evaluation • Any effort to use assessment evidence to improve institutional, departmental, divisional, or agency effectiveness. • Research • Broad implications Upcraft and Schuh, 1996

  4. Methodologies Qualitative Quantitative • Subjective • Methods • Observations, reviewing documents, interviewing • Advantages • Disadvantages • Objective • Methods • Experiments, survey instruments • Advantages • Disadvantages Upcraft and Schuh, 1996

  5. Why do we assess? • Overlying goal is to gain insight • In Student Affairs we assess for: • Survival • Quality • Affordability • Strategic Planning • Development and decision making • Politics

  6. Comprehensive Assessment Model: Student Affairs AssessmentUpcraft and Schuh, 1996 • Tracking Clientele • Needs Assessment • Satisfaction • Campus Environments and Student Cultures • Outcomes • Benchmarking • National Standards

  7. Assessment Models • Comprehensive Assessment Model • Ohio University- Student Affairs Strategic Assessment Model • WICHE • Astin’s Model of Assessing Outcomes (I-E-O Model) • Benchmarking

  8. Hands on Practice Judicial Affairs sends students found in violation of the alcohol policy to the Health and Wellness Center to complete an alcohol education course. Judicial Affairs is receiving a higher rate of repeat alcohol offenders than in previous years.

  9. What do we assess? • Student Culture • Decision Making • Services • Programs • Student Learning Outcomes • Student Satisfaction

  10. Hands on Practice-Narrowing it Down Now, the Director of the Health and Wellness Center informs you that there have been complaints about the content of the alcohol education courses.

  11. Using Ohio University’s Assessment Model • Identify Strategic Capability • Identify Intended Outcomes/Impact • Identify Programs, Services, & Activities • Identify & Develop Assessment Mechanisms • Collect Data • Decision-Making

  12. What are we doing at Ohio University? • Campaign for Accountability • Collaborating with Institutional Research, “Lasagna Project” • Strategic Assessment Model • Student Voice

  13. Resources Available for Assessment • ACPA ASK Standards • NASPA • CAS Standards • Assessment Practice in Student Affairs, Upcraft and Schuh • Ohio University Website • North Carolina State Website • Student Voice Website

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