The art of assessment : making outcomes assessment accessible, sustainable, and meaningful / Andrea Susnir Funk ; foreword by Judith Welch Wegner.
2017
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Author
Title
The art of assessment : making outcomes assessment accessible, sustainable, and meaningful / Andrea Susnir Funk ; foreword by Judith Welch Wegner.
Published
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2017]
Call Number
KF272 .F86 2017
Other Title
Making outcomes assessment accessible, sustainable, and meaningful
ISBN
9781611637359 (pbk. : alk. paper)
161163735X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781531006822 (ebook)
1531006825
9781531006822
161163735X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781531006822 (ebook)
1531006825
9781531006822
Description
xv, 138 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)966410480
Summary
"While law faculty have always assessed their students, law schools have never before been required to systematically assess their program of legal education to determine whether they are achieving their goals. With the new ABA assessment standards in place, law schools must now do so. To many, this may seem like a herculean task, but it need not be. This book is designed to help make assessment accessible, sustainable, and meaningful to all law school constituencies. It shows how individual faculty members and their institutions can create a genuine culture of assessment through the shared goal of improving student learning"--Publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134) and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
5
Art, Assessment, and the Academy
5
Why Is Assessment Important?
6
"What's Past Is Prologue"
6
Creating a Culture of Assessment
9
Book Itself
10
ch. 1
Reframe the Assessment Issue (Change the Conversation)
13
What Assessment Is Not
13
What Assessment Is
14
Thinking About Assessment Differently
16
Changing the Conversation
18
Reluctan Professor
20
ch. 2
Translate the Language of Assessment (Focus on the Process --- Not the Words)
25
Plain Meaning of Assessment Terms
27
Assessment Terms in Context
33
ch. 3
Assess What Matters (Getting Started)
41
Establishing Learning Outcomes
41
Institutional Learning Outcomes
41
Program Learning Outcomes
43
Course Learning Outcomes
43
Drafting Learning Outcomes
45
Publishing Learning Outcomes
46
Creating a Curriculum Map
46
Sample Curriculum Map
47
Getting Started --- Uniting Your Faculty
52
ch. 4
Develop a Sustainable Cycle of Assessment (Rome Wasn't Built in a Day)
55
Assessment Cycle
55
Sample Assessment Cycle
56
Documenting Your Work
58
ch. 5
Use What You Are Already Doing (Do Not Re-Invent the Wheel)
63
You Already Have the Information --- Use It!
64
Using an Existing Assignment for Course, Program, and Institutional Assessment
65
Curmudgeon
70
Look Around --- The Assessment Possibilities Are Endless
71
ch. 6
Democratize Assessment (Anyone Can Do It --- No Advanced Math Degree Required)
73
Making Assessment Meaningful
73
Democratizing Assessment
75
Thoughtful Professor
75
ch. 7
Gather Information ... Everywhere! (Then, Do Something With It)
83
Gathering the Information
84
Asking for Information
85
Alumni Survey in Practical Skills
85
Other Available Survey Data
86
Looking at the Information Closely
87
Doing Something With the Information
89
ch. 8
Achieve Movement (Not Perfection)
91
Meeting Faculty Where They Are
91
Educating Faculty
92
Building an Assessment Program From the Ground Up
93
Keep Moving
94
Conclusion
95
Appendix A
ABA Standards, Guidance Memo, Transition Memo, and Outcome Measures Committee Report
97
Appendix B
Anatomy of an Assessment Program
103
Your Assessment Program
103
Document and Store Your Work
105
Appendix C
Frequently Asked Questions
107
Appendix D
Sample Assessment Documents
113
Institutional Learning Outcomes
113
Institutional Learning Outcomes --- Example 1
113
Institutional Learning Outcomes --- Example 2
114
Institutional Learning Outcomes --- Example 3
114
Program Learning Outcomes
117
Center for Intellectual Property
117
Center for Children's Rights
117
Lawyering Skills Program
117
Course Learning Outcomes
118
Wills & Trusts
118
Professional Responsibility
118
Criminal Law
119
Curriculum Mapping Survey
119
Sample Curriculum Map
124
Faculty Survey on Exam Results
132
Appendix E
Assessment Resource List
133
Higher Education
133
Legal Education
133
University Websites
134
Index
135