NDLI: Sustaining a university-wide approach to comprehensive outcomes assessment

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Schachterle, L.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA (Schachterle, L.)
Abstract	In the late 1960s the senior faculty at WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) developed a project-based curriculum, which later lent itself very well to assessing learning outcomes. Well before outcomes assessment became widely discussed and practiced, WPI faculty had begun to assess the outcomes of these projects to determine their pedagogical effectiveness. This growing culture of assessment prepared WPI to respond comparatively quickly to the emphasis in the 1990s that accrediting organizations began to make on assessing learning outcomes. This paper concludes with seven recommendations for a sustainable institution-wide assessment program: involve the faculty early on; balance top down and bottom up; create a campus-wide steering committee; involve faculty governance; establish an early success and build on strength; stress the differences between assessing student learning and grading students; and be politically aware and set reasonable expectations.
Sponsorship	IEEE Educ. Soc. IEEE Comput. Soc. American Soc. Eng. Educ. (Educ. Res. & Methods Div.)
File Size	331550
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780374444
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2002.1158221
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-11-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Educational programs Stress Shape Accreditation Technological innovation Vehicles Scholarships Bibliographies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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