CHEA 2011 Award Submitted

CHEA 2011 Award Submitted CHEA has an annual awards competition (http://chea.org/2011_CHEA_Award.html ) for innovative assessment efforts. Attached is the WSU 2011 application, submitted last Friday, describing our pilot year of institutional assessment. WSU CHEA 2011 Award Application

[SACS] Student Learning Outcomes – Business

On the question, does every major have to report outcomes: From: SACS Commission on Colleges Discussion Forum [mailto:SACS-L@LISTSERV.UHD.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:57 PM To: SACS-L@LISTSERV.UHD.EDU Subject: Re: [SACS] Student Learning Outcomes – Business I can guarantee it is every major within a degree. Also you must show that every program has been assesed [...]

Coordinating on Glossary Terms

Folks, Just an update on the meeting yesterday with Larry.  The Goals groups are meeting and defining terms for WSU’s Strategic Goals (Core Themes).  The implication as I read it is that we need to hold off on these terms: Goals Outcomes Objectives So in the context of the assignment Ashley shared, the language you [...]

Our model, an “adult dose,” and the note that silenced the SACS discussion list

From: SACS Commission on Colleges Discussion Forum [mailto:SACS-L@LISTSERV.UHD.EDU] On Behalf Of Brown, Gary Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:00 PM To: SACS-L@LISTSERV.UHD.EDU Subject: Re: [SACS] assessment reflection reporting Hi Rebecca (and  SACS folks), We provide a template for reporting that includes 5 dimensions (available athttp://oai.wsu.edu/) : 1.      Program Description 2.      Assessment Team and System 3.      Goals, Outcomes, and [...]

Assessment, Accountability, and Improvement: Revisiting the Tension

Assessment, Accountability, and Improvement: Revisiting the Tension A key piece from Peter Ewell and NCHEMS, and a good resource for those who wonder why we do what we do the way we do.  This assessment of assessment is both a rationale and a blueprint: Ewell says: “Institutional accrediting organizations remain membership associations, however, so they [...]

Recognition from VP Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment at AAC&U

From a 12/15/2009 webcast, Terry Rhodes,Vice President for Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment at AAC&U: https://admin.na6.acrobat.com/_a738382050/p17163215/ Questioner: “How is VALUE & Power of Rubrics to assess learning playing in the VSA [Volunteer System of Accountability] Sphere?” Rhodes: [VSA is ] very concerned about comparability among institutions, but they have indicated they would love campuses to use rubrics [...]

Professional and Institutional Accreditation (ASPB View)

From the Executive Director American Society of Plant Biologists Hi again Gary. I always enjoy learning more about topics that are unfamiliar to me, and accreditation is definitely one such topic! Clearly we could spend considerably more time in dialog (and I hope that we will!), but to directly answer your question, “What accountability bodies [...]

RE: Recap of the Planning Request

Good questions, liaison council member. I think we’ve talked a bit about this, but it remains an interesting issue.  We have suggested the plan based upon our experience that seems to be echoed at least once a week these days. For instance, last week you probably saw it in the Chronicle of Higher Education (October [...]

Academic Effectiveness Liaison Council Meeting, Tuesday, October 27

Academic Effectiveness Liaison Council Date: October 27, 2009 Start Time:  2:00:00 PM End Time:  3:00:00 PM Dialing Instructions: 5707955 Origin: Pullman (French 442) Location: Spokane (SHSB 260), Tri-Cities (TEST 228), Vancouver (VCLS 308J) Details: Academic Effectiveness Liaison Council Special Request: Room reserved from 12:00 – 12:30 for set up. Event Contact: Donna Cofield     5-4854 [...]

External Interest in Rain King from TLT Group

Program review rubric From: Stephen C. Ehrmann [mailto:ehrmann@tltgroup.org] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 12:06 PM To: Larry Ragan; Abdous, M’Hammed; Jim Zimmer Cc: Gary Brown Subject: Program review rubric Hi, I mentioned to each of you that Gary Brown and his colleagues were in the early stages of using Flashlight Online [TLTGroup's re-branding of the [...]