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Minutes of the Meeting of
February 14, 2000
Present: Weiss, Cissel, Larsen, Whitson, Pysh, Fagan, Stewart
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We began by discussing issues surrounding the Assessment Plans for academic programs and majors. Greg first briefed us with essential information: we have a total of 34 majors, plus 3 programs (Gen. Ed., Honors, and Education), each of which must maintain an Assessment Plan, which may/should be continually modified so as to better represent, better measure, and generally improve each department's objectives and assessment mechanisms. Each Assessment Plan should contain a Statement of Purpose, a list of intended outcomes, a list of mechanisms for assessment, and a (five-column) Annual Assessment Program to be implemented through all five columns each year.
Greg has reviewed Assessment Plan drafts for almost all the 37 majors and programs; there are a few special cases that will need a bit more time.
To provide contrasting models for discussion, Greg gave each of us photocopied samples of the completed Assessment Plans--including the (five-column) Annual Assessment Program--from General Education and from Chemistry. We noted that many of the assessment mechanisms have been in use for some time, but there are new ones, often course-embedded, which will more directly and systematically measure targeted outcomes objectives. We agreed that, for the sake of clarity, we should advise all departments to clearly isolate on the five-column AAP which of the the objectives are being assessed in that particular year. (SACS recommends that three to five be assessed each year.)
Next, we examined and discussed sample drafts of the Assessment Plans from four of the college's administrative departments.
As we closed, Greg directed our attention to photocopies he'd given us of literature about principles of assessment. He also showed us where (in the office) to find more literature. When we next meet, we'll address our own Principles.
The next meeting is scheduled for Monday 2/28 at 12:30.
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