1. Innovations 2012 Closing the Loop

6. Culture of Assessment Unlocking The Data Tracking Improvement Next Steps Questions / Conversation

7. Culture of Assessment Guiding Principles Systemic; not episodic Purposeful Embedded in existing curriculum Student centered Transparent Used to improve C&I

8. Improvement vs. Accountability Ewell, P. (2009, November). Assessment, accountability, and improvement: Revisiting the tension. (NILOA Occasional Paper No.1). Urbana, IL: Assessment, accountability, and improvement: Revisiting the tension. University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute of Learning Outcomes Assessment. Peter Ewell, Ph.D.

10. Situation on Your Campus https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?pli= 1&formkey=dDk3YTVaRXBscjhQQmVtbmhWNl9TeWc 6MA#gid=0 http://pollev.com/brianepp

11. Is Assessment Important? What is the % of accreditor sanctions that are related to a campus compliance with student learning outcome requirements? 70%

12. Assessment Cycle Define / Refine DesignTeach Gather Data Analyze Data

13. Moving from the “Open Loop” to “Closing the Loop” Develop Awareness: –Left Brain…Right Brain….. Data Visualization Implement Action: –Dig Deeper: Horizontally or Vertically –Scope: Involve your Team –Change: Enhance Curriculum and Instruction Refine Roadmap

15. Unlocking SLO Data Information Is Beautiful http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/

16. What do you want/need to know Question Question Again Question Once More Correlation Brings Action How are my Institution’s outcomes performing? What ratio of students mastered their BIO outcomes last year? How many students are mastering their program outcomes? Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers. Voltaire

17. Gather what you need Find Your Nouns Find Your Verbs Find Your Math Denver Water http://www.denverwater.org/Conservation/UseOnlyWhatYouNeed/ What ratio of students mastered their BIO outcomes last year?students Gather what you need Grammar what you need BIO outcomes last year mastered ratio

18. Impactful Data

19. “Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful” There Is No Single, Magical Silver Bullet No Man/Woman Is An Island Information is Beautiful http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/store/ Make It Worth Seeing … Make It Instantly Meaningful … Make It Prompt More Questions … … To Your Audience!

20. Immediately Actionable

21. Unlocking Student Learning Outcome Data Information Is Beautiful http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/ What ratio of students mastered their BIO outcomes last year? Nouns Verbs Math No Bullet No Island Beautiful Meaningful Questioning

22. What questions are you asking? Does student outcome performance vary across course sections? Does student outcome performance vary across terms? Does % of students mastering an outcome increase through the program? Which outcomes (in a program, in a course) do most students not master?

24. Jump In… … with a Plan

25. Ask Tracking Questions Is this about the student or the SLO? How frequently will we collect/track? How much data can we show? How will stakeholder improvement discussions be tracked?

28. Start Small but Start

29. Blaich, C.F. & Wise, K.S. (2011, January). From Gathering to Using Assessment Results: Lessons from the Wabash National Study (NILOA Occasional Paper No.8). Urbana, IL: University for Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute of Learning Outcomes Assessment. Assessment data has legs only if the evidence collected rises out of extended conversations across constituencies about: (a) what people hunger to know about their teaching and learning environments and (b) how the assessment evidence speaks to those questions. (pg. 12)

30. Taking Your Next Steps Determine your team/audience Articulate your data questions Establish which data to track and how often Start!!! Perfect is the Enemy of Good

32. Assessment & Analytics Group Contact email: brian.epp@pearson.com