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Section Outcomes:Learn how to utilize assessment technology
through hands on experience;Introduction to assessment tools, concepts,
and the reasons for administering assessment;
Demonstrate understanding through utilizing the assessment model to engage in a brief case study.
Assessment?
AssessmentAny effort to gather,
analyze, and interpret evidence which describes institutional, departmental, divisional, or agency effectiveness.
Assessment
Narrow implications
EvaluationAny effort to use
assessment evidence to improve institutional, departmental, divisional, or agency effectiveness.
Research
Broad implications
Upcraft and Schuh, 1996
MethodologiesQualitative QuantitativeSubjective
MethodsObservations, reviewing
documents, interviewing
Advantages
Disadvantages
Objective
MethodsExperiments, survey
instruments
Advantages
Disadvantages
Upcraft and Schuh, 1996
Why do we assess?Overlying goal is to gain insight In Student Affairs we assess for:
SurvivalQualityAffordabilityStrategic PlanningDevelopment and decision makingPolitics
Comprehensive Assessment Model: Student Affairs Assessment
Upcraft and Schuh, 1996 Tracking ClienteleNeeds AssessmentSatisfactionCampus Environments and Student CulturesOutcomesBenchmarkingNational Standards
Assessment Models
Comprehensive Assessment ModelOhio University- Student Affairs Strategic
Assessment ModelWICHEAstin’s Model of Assessing Outcomes (I-E-O
Model)Benchmarking
Hands on Practice
Judicial Affairs sends students found in violation of the alcohol policy to the Health and Wellness Center to complete an alcohol education course. Judicial Affairs is receiving a higher rate of repeat alcohol offenders than in previous years.
What do we assess?
Student CultureDecision MakingServicesProgramsStudent Learning OutcomesStudent Satisfaction
Hands on Practice-Narrowing it Down
Now, the Director of the Health and Wellness Center informs you that there have been complaints about the content of the alcohol education courses.
Using Ohio University’s Assessment ModelIdentify Strategic CapabilityIdentify Intended Outcomes/ImpactIdentify Programs, Services, & ActivitiesIdentify & Develop Assessment MechanismsCollect DataDecision-Making
What are we doing at Ohio University?Campaign for AccountabilityCollaborating with Institutional Research, “Lasagna
Project”Strategic Assessment ModelStudent Voice