Month: August 2020

Breaking Down the Barriers to Good Assessment There are lots of issues I’ve shared before about the challenges of assessment.  I’ve blogged about the nature of assessment in trying to address two masters, external accountability, and internal faculty focus on improving student learning.  I’ve blogged about the need to provide strong assessment resources and support for faculty in order to build a strong culture of assessment.  With this post, I wanted to explore some barriers we need to break through on our campuses.  These are barriers that I have encountered both at this campus, and when I have visited with other schools on assessment issues. We need to break through the not us – I still hear this barrier articulated when faculty are sure that “other” programs and departments need to assess their students, but we are doing just fine!  When we understand assessment is not about faculty or department performance, but rather focuses on improving student learning then we will Continue reading Breaking Down Barriers→