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Trends in Assessment. Carol A. Hurney, Ph.D. National Trends. Assessment is considered essential. Assessment involves scholarship. Assessment is here to stay Authentic assessment is on the rise. The emphasis is on learning, not teaching.
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Trends in Assessment Carol A. Hurney, Ph.D.
National Trends • Assessment is considered essential. • Assessment involves scholarship. • Assessment is here to stay • Authentic assessment is on the rise. • The emphasis is on learning, not teaching. • Assessment is being integrated into the teaching and learning process. Peter Ewell, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
Essential • Vision and Change • Accreditation • Core Competencies • Curriculum Development & Assessment • Scholarly Teaching
Scholarly • Scholarship of Teaching Learning • Research Communities • Freeman • Course Structure • Exam equivalence • Robust statistical analysis • Tanner • SEPAL (Science Education Partnership & Assessment Laboratory) • Novice to Expert Learners • Card Sorting
Here to stay... • Innovations • Personal Response Systems • Calibrated Peer Review • IF-ATs • Biology Scholars • Beautiful Research Questions
Authentic • Diagnostic • Pre-Post • Formative • Summative
About Learning • Metacognitive • Academically Adrift