A Rubric for Transformative Assessment Systems
| Title: | A Rubric for Transformative Assessment Systems (ID: NLI0307) | | Author(s): | Gary Brown (Washington State University), Stephen C. Ehrmann (The TLT Group), Joan K. Lippincott (Coalition for Networked Information) and Vicki Suter (California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office) | | Topics: | Assessment and Evaluation | | Origin: | ELI Meetings (2003) | | Type: | Presentations and Seminars | | Abstract: | The Transformative Assessment Project (TAP) is designed to elicit new ideas about assessment practices and systems that will transform teaching and learning using technology and to help institutions of higher education put these ideas into action. Many assessment efforts focus narrowly on the effectiveness of a particular technology or the satisfaction of students with a particular course. TAP focuses on aligning assessment approaches with broad institutional goals. Jointly developed by EDUCAUSE's NLII, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and the Flashlight Program of the TLT Group, TAP provides a framework for new thinking about assessment and an educational program through which institutions can develop their own transformative assessment project.
The session will: 1) describe transformative assessment as a concept and encourage audience feedback; 2) describe the development and implementation of the TAP educational program; 3) provide lessons learned from the institutional projects from the first round of TAP participants, focusing on the way that institutions interpreted the concept and the challenges of putting their thinking into practice; 4) describe one institution's experience with undertaking a transformative process; and 5) provide a rubric for evaluating the transformative potential of assessment systems.
The presenters will reflect on how their own understanding of transformative assessment evolved during the course of the TAP program and will encourage a dialogue with the audience about the concept. The session will provide the audience with the principles of transformative assessment and specific examples of campus implementations. The session will encourage the audience to think about assessment in new ways and provide them with a framework for operationalizing transformative assessment in their institutions. | | View this resource: | |
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