ASSESSMENT FOR EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING ASSESSMENT PLAN SYED A RIZVI INTERIM ASSOCIATE PROVOST FOR INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

4/4/2014 SYED A RIZVI 2 OBJECTIVE OF THE WORKSHOP  How to define goals (program and course level)  What to do with the assessment results (continuous program improvement-closing the loop)  How to assess program goals (use of performance indicators and rubrics)  How to report results in a meaningful way TO LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN ASSESSMENT PLAN Specifically, we’ll learn:  How to develop strategies to achieve those goals

4/4/2014 SYED A RIZVI 3 MSCHE STANDARD 14: RECOMMENDATIONS  CSI review and revise as appropriate its Assessment Plan, develop and implement general education and program- level assessment in all academic programs to achieve a consistent and comprehensive learning outcomes assessment program. Recommendations:  Generate useful student learning outcomes assessment data.  Employ those data in all academic programs to enhance student learning, improve academic programs, and inform institutional effectiveness, as well as shape institutional priorities and resource allocation.

4/4/2014 SYED A RIZVI 4 MSCHE EXPECTATIONS Show the results Show the work MSCHE wouldn’t care how you get the results but it would like to see how you get the results! &

4/4/2014 SYED A RIZVI 5 MSCHE EXPECTATIONS Assessment is not about your teaching. Assessment is about their (students) learning. Why MSCHE is so emphatic about assessment of student learning? Demonstrate accountability!

4/4/2014 SYED A RIZVI 6 MSCHE EXPECTATIONS It’s all about saving the peer-review based accreditation (as opposed to regulatory accreditation). That’s why it’s also undertaking the most extensive revision of its standards in its entire history.

4/4/2014 SYED A RIZVI 7 DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR CONTINUOUS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT (ASSESSMENT PLAN) Goals Strategies to achieve the goals Assessment of the level of achievement of the goals It is a four step teaching-learning-assessment cycle. Accordingly, it has four key elements: Using the results of assessment for program improvement

4/4/2014 SYED A RIZVI 8 Goals Assessment Improve Programs & Services Improve Programs & Services Inform planning & Resource Allocation Develop and Implement Strategies to Achieve Goals Develop and Implement Strategies to Achieve Goals ASSESSMENT PLAN (CONTINUED)