Continuous Improvement in the Education Unit: Closing the Loop of Assessment Assessment Day Christopher Cratsley Nancy Murray Ann M. Hogan January 19, 2010

Education Unit Assessment Process 1.Identified Learning Outcomes 2.Identified Key Assessments for Unit 3.Set Performance Criteria and Benchmarks 4.Identified Data Collection Points 5.Input Data via Tk20 6.Reports from Tk20 – Disaggregate and Aggregate Programs -Review disaggregated data by program -Propose action recommendations to Department and Assessment Committee Assessment Committee -Reviews aggregated data against benchmarks -Reviews Program Action Items -Institutes Unit level revisions Report to and Receive Feedback and Data from Stakeholders

Closing the Assessment Loop Training of Assessors – Inter-rater reliability exercises – Defining elements Assessment Committee -Reviewed aggregated data against benchmarks -Reviewed Program Action Items -Instituted Unit level revisions Assessment Form Alignment -To each other and State Standards

Closing the Assessment Loop Assessment Rubrics – Realigned/clarified – Embedded Assessment Committee -Reviewed aggregated data against benchmarks -Reviewed Program Action Items -Instituted Unit level revisions Assessment Form Alignment -To each other and State Standards

Closing the Assessment Loop Assessment Rubrics – Realigned/clarified – Embedded Training of Assessors – Inter-rater reliability exercises – Defining elements Assessment Committee -Reviewed aggregated data against benchmarks -Reviewed Program Action Items -Instituted Unit level revisions

Closing the Assessment Loop: Continuous Improvement Develop/revise/ implement key assessments Data Collection Identification and tracking of trends Analysis Curriculum, policy, form changes Implement changes based on data analysis

Today’s presentation Continuous Improvement in the Education Unit: Closing the Loop of Assessment, can be found at: Assessment Day Christopher Cratsley Nancy Murray Ann M. Hogan January 19, 2010