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1 Transformative Assessment at ASU West Colleen Carmean IT Consulting Director ASU West NLII Fellow 2002

2 goal ► Define the purpose of the assessment activities and align these with institutional goals. ► Understand practical applications of basic assessment concepts. ► Identify appropriate methodologies to use. ► Set up an assessment team and project plan. ► Test the methods in a pilot. ► Finalize the project plan.

3 process ► Create core group:  VP for Assessment  Director of Institutional Planning & Research  Principal Assessment Analyst  Chair of Faculty Senate  IT Director responsible for T&L

4 process ► Invite entire campus to weekly meetings  Campus-wide announcement  Discussion in Faculty Senate  Web page, updated to outline weekly topics  Donuts!!!

5 schedule ► Conditons for Successful Assessment (READY: http:www.educause.edu/)  Campus Experience? Chaos

6 schedule ► What are we assessing?  Mission, values, shared outcomes  Campus experience? ► Alignment. ► Lack of disagreement, when searching for documents. ► Awareness of need to make documents more public.

7 schedule ► Readiness  How "ready" is my institution to use institution-wide assessment systems, in an integrated way for all levels to systematically transform teaching and learning? ► Campus experience?  Confusion sets in.

8 schedule ► Planning the Study  Self-Awareness and identification  Choosing target area  Involving constituents  Campus experience? ► Students are strapped for time

9 schedule ► Methodologies and Systems  Based on assessment system case studies and the purpose(s) of our institutional study, what are the most appropriate and effective assessment methodologies to use?  Campus decision? ► Explore ‘less seat time’ option ► Poll the faculty ► Poll the students ► Contact legal office ► Involve course scheduling group

10 schedule ► Final Testing and Wrap Up ► Present project to TAP community  Is it truly transformative?  Was it based on sound data?  Does it align with campus mission and goals?

11 summary ► Transformative Assessment:  Awareness  Alignment  Public documents  Collaboration

12 We need your involvement ► Take the READY assessment branch ► Contribute case studies ► Help plan or host additional workshops

13 TAP Website http://team.educause.edu/tap


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