Assessing the Assessment Plan
Assessment plans should be evaluated for clarity and connection to the curriculum. The following criteria should be met when choosing assessment instruments and benchmarks.
- Selected assessments purposefully measure an intended outcome.
- Selected assessments are affirmed by content experts (faculty, staff, or literature).
- Selected assessments provide information that is as accurate and valid as possible.
- The assessment plan includes multiple measures with at least one direct authentic measure of student learning for each learning outcome.
- Achievement targets are clearly stated and justified by faculty who teach the related content.
- Data collection processes are explained and appropriate.
- The plan includes ways to share, discuss, and use the results to improve student or institutional learning (see Part 4 of this handbook).
Two options for “assessing assessment plans” are included as Appendix O and Appendix P.