EDUCAUSE | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and Outcomes Assessment

A Break From Purgatory, Barely

ckeller — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:02:19 -0500

Margaret Spellings gives partial relief to accreditor of liberal arts programs, allowing it to approve new colleges but extending its recognition for 3 (not 5) years, citing lingering concerns.

A Framework for Assessing Learning Outcomes in Online Business Simulations

ckeller — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:52:14 -0600

This paper explores a framework for assessing effectiveness in online business simulations geared towards business students.

Assessment From the Faculty Point of View

ckeller — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:39:55 -0600

Anthropologists say professors should stop looking at measuring outcomes as an external threat and start taking ownership of the process.

Another Call for Assessment

ckeller — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:06:32 -0600

"As college associations unveil new ways for colleges to report on what they do, and Congress debates how much accreditors should ask of colleges, an effort has been going on for months to craft a national statement on student learning and assessment. "

Warning on Tuition, Shift on Accreditation

ckeller — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:39:01 -0600

"If the Higher Education Act bill that House Democrats introduced late last week did not persuade college leaders that the issue of college prices is and will remain front and center on the federal policy agenda, the House education committee’s consideration of the legislation Wednesday should once and for all."

Meeting of the Minds

ckeller — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:25:20 -0500

"With federal backing, 3 higher ed groups will undertake project to develop multiple ways of measuring student learning — answering call for accountability, but with colleges in the driver’s seat."

Technical Education Curriculum Assessment

drupal — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:50:42 -0500

The purpose of this paper is to describe and determine the efficacy of a Technical Education Curriculum Assessment (TECA). The TECA was designed to guide the judgment of the quality of technical education curricular materials. Three research strands were combined into a theoretical framework which underlies the education of effective technicians. The TECA consists of sets of rubrics which focus on workplace competencies, technical accuracy, and pedagogical soundness. The rubrics were constructed using a deductive-inductive approach. This was an iterative process that ensured validity by moving back and forth from the theoretical framework uncovered in the literature review (deductive) to the application of the rubrics to actual curricular materials (inductive). We describe the process of rubrics development and provide data which support their validity and reliability. This psychometrically sound instrument should assist industry and education professionals to make more informed decisions when designing, implementing, and evaluating technical education curriculum.