RE: accountability measures

[Rick Froman]

Mark:   Just returned from our Assessment committee meeting. If you are a college or university, public or private, whether you are beholden to politicians or not, outcomes assessment is a big issue among accrediting agencies. It sure was last year when we went through the process with the Higher Learning Commission (formerly known as North Central). It is also important to show that you are using your assessment to “close the loop”. In other words, that you are using your assessment reports to make changes in what you are doing to improve outcomes.   Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR  72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/rfroman.asp       ----- Original Message ----- From: Eastman, Mark To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 1:17 PM Subject: accountability measures   We are hearing, at the California Community College level of the need for student outcome measures beyond the grades that we profs give our students.  In fact we are informed that both at the state and national level, the direction is to develop measures of student performance in all the subject levels that are independent of the grades we give.  This type of work will, of course, require long hours of debate and finally agreement as to which measures are valid indications of student learning and outcomes.  I was wondering if this type of accountability measuring is, in fact, occurring in other institutions?   Mark Eastman Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]