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Making Assessment Part of Our Daily Conversations

Making Assessment Part of Our Daily Conversations. Brian Bourke, Ph.D. Louisiana State University. Download this PowerPoint. Re.vu/ drbbourke. Outline. My Background in Assessment Why is Talking About Assessment Important? What is Assessment? Why Do We Need to Discuss Assessment Daily?

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Making Assessment Part of Our Daily Conversations

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  1. Making Assessment Part of Our Daily Conversations Brian Bourke, Ph.D. Louisiana State University

  2. Download this PowerPoint Re.vu/drbbourke

  3. Outline • My Background in Assessment • Why is Talking About Assessment Important? • What is Assessment? • Why Do We Need to Discuss Assessment Daily? • How Can We Realistically Infuse Assessment into Daily Conversations? • Is Talking About Assessment Enough? • What is the End Goal of Making Assessment Part of Our Daily Conversations? • Where Can We Go to Learn More?

  4. My Background in Assessment

  5. Why Is Talking About Assessment Important?

  6. Formal Definitions What is Assessment? • “the gathering of information concerning the functioning of students, staff, and institutions of higher education” • (Astin & Antonio, 2012, p.3) • “gathering evidence: gathering data, transforming data so that they can be interpreted, applying analytical techniques, and analyzing data in terms of alternative hypotheses and explanations” • (Lenning, 1988, p. 328)

  7. Basic Conceptions What is Assessment? • All About Asking Questions • Using Systematic Approaches to Answer Questions • Gathering information to answer those questions (Data Collection) • Making sense of the gathered information to answer those questions (Data Analysis) • Making decisions, based on data • Sharing our answers to the questions • Discovering more questions • Having a Common Framework/Language

  8. The Assessment Cycle Department & Purpose

  9. What Questions Should be Asked?

  10. Why Discuss Assessment Daily?

  11. Why Discuss Assessment Daily? • Accountability • Cost • Quality • Access • Equity • Accreditation

  12. Accountability • Accountability ≠ CYA • Who are we accountable to? • How do we manage accountability? • Accountability > Required Reports

  13. Quality • How do we demonstrate: • that we’re providing quality services? • that students are getting quality experiences? • that we’re positively affecting student outcomes?

  14. How Can We Realistically Infuse Assessment into Daily Conversations? Department & Purpose • Standing agenda item for meetings • Break down the Assessment Cycle • Where are you? • What needs to be addressed? • Informal conversations about big-picture items • Frame discussions about planning in assessment • “We should look at our intake process to make sure it meets our student and departmental needs”

  15. How Can We Realistically Infuse Assessment into Daily Conversations? • Emails • Share tidbits of interesting information within the department and across TRIO units, based on assessment evidence • Marketing campaigns • “Students who participate in Student Support Services are 3X more likely to graduate on time” • Social Media

  16. Is Talking About Assessment Enough? NO

  17. The Assessment Cycle Department & Purpose

  18. What is the End Goal of Making Assessment Part of Our Daily Conversations? Decisions and Recommendations

  19. Any Additional Benefits?

  20. Where Can We Go to Learn More? Books • Assessment for Excellence, 2nd Edition by Alexander Astin and anthonylisingantonio. 2012 • Demonstrating Student Success. Marilee Bresciani, Megan Moore Gardner and Jessica Hickmott. 2009 • Assessment Reconsidered. Richard Keeling, Andrew Wall, RicUnderhile and Gwendolyn Dungy. 2008 • Assessment Essentials. Catherine Palomba and Trudy Banta, 1999. • Assessment Methods for Student Affairs. John Schuh and Associates. 2009

  21. Where Can We Go to Learn More? Websites • Student Affairs Assessment Leaders • http://studentaffairsassessment.org • NC State’s Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment • http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/archives/assmt/resource.htm • Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education • http://cas.edu • Campus Labs • http://campuslabs.com

  22. Where Can We Go to Learn More? Other • Assessment in Action • http://studentaffairs.rutgers.edu/Media/magazine • Research and Practice in Action • http://www.rpajournal.com/ • ACPA’s ASK Standards • http://www.ohio.edu/studentaffairs/assessment/upload/ACPA-ASK-Brochure-1.pdf • NASPA’s Assessment, Evaluation and Research Knowledge Community • http://www.naspa.org/kc/saaer/default.cfm • Social Media • Twitter • #saassess • #assessment

  23. Where Can We Go to Learn More? Brian Bourke, Ph.D. Louisiana State University bbourke@lsu.edu @drbbourke http://re.vu/drbbourke

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