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Drake Curriculum Analysis Committee. Update December 2012. Drake Curriculum Analysis Committee. Lots to do Work with the Director of Institutional Research and Assessment to develop a rolling plan for assessment …
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Drake Curriculum Analysis Committee Update December 2012
Drake Curriculum Analysis Committee • Lots to do • Work with the Director of Institutional Research and Assessment to • develop a rolling plan for assessment … • evaluate the data for evidence of student learning and make recommendations for program improvement… • evaluate the effectiveness of the assessment instruments and procedures … • Encourage participation by faculty, staff, and students in assessment • Report assessment results on a regular basis… • Consult with the Associate Provost for Curriculum and Assessment regarding faculty and staff development programs … • Liaise with the colleges and schools to share general education and program assessment data …
Drake Curriculum Analysis Committee • Goals for the year: long-term view • Develop working precepts-shared vision • Taking inventory of assessment thus far • Create key components of an assessment plan • Transition to the ‘review and recommending’ body • Large task • Measurement with intent to improve
Drake Curriculum Analysis Committee • Develop working precepts • Timeline of AOI review • Multiple methods of investigation • Direct, rubrics, embedded assessments; • Indirect; self-assessments, • Quantitative and qualitative; curricular and co-curricular; meaningful to faculty; • Focus on program evaluation • What process can be repeated across AOIs?
Drake Curriculum Analysis Committee • Inventory • What existing data do we have? How might that data support the plan(e.g., NSSE, Drake Survey, CLA) • Other Campus work • Critical Thinking • Information Literacy • What data is missing? • How will information be shared • How to garner collaboration with faculty
% of FYS Papers Receiving a Median Rating of “Less than satisfactory”
Select results from Drake 2010-2011 Collegiate Learning Assessment
CT Closing The Loop • May 2012 workshop (Robertson & Roth) • Support needed to promote Critical Thinking • Assignment design • Struggle with assumptions/alternatives • CT Faculty working group (6 faculty, 4 schools/colleges) • Strategies for sharing results and best practices • Recommendations for engaging wider audience