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Assessment to Improve Student
Learning
While
there are many definitions of assessment within higher
education, Purdue North Central places the focus on
assessment for improvement of students' learning.
PNC actively uses assessment results to enhance the overall
quality of a students’ experience.
"To assess" derives
from the Latin verb "assidere", to sit by. In
other words, while we assess learning we are in essence
“sitting with the learner”. This has broad implications
when we consider assessment as part of good teaching
practices and something that we do for our
students rather than to them.
Assessment is more formally defined as a process of
"gathering and discussing information from multiple and
diverse sources in order to develop a deep understanding
of what students know, understand, and can do with their
knowledge as a result of their educational experiences;
the process culminates when assessment results are used
to improve subsequent learning." (Huba, M. E. and Freed, J. E. (2000).
Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses
-- Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning.
Boston, Allyn and Bacon.
This website is designed to keep you informed and help you in your
efforts to improve assessment in your
courses/programs/departments. Purdue North Central has been actively growing in
course, program, and institutional assessment efforts.
The
Assessment Steering Committee of the Faculty Senate
has developed a recent
model for program assessment.
The hiring of the Director of
Accreditation and Assessment, Dr. Linda Duttlinger,
has been a great step in preparing for the upcoming HLC
visit in 2010-2011. Check out the
Accreditation
website for more information.
