ERIC Number: EJ1162164
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Cultivating Change from the Ground Up: Developing a Grassroots Programmatic Assessment
Conti, Maria; LaMance, Rachel; Miller-Cochran, Susan
Composition Forum, v37 Fall 2017
To address the needs and interests of primary stakeholders in a writing program, this article presents a model of "grassroots" assessment that involves instructors from all ranks as well as students in the development, facilitation, and interpretation of assessment results. The authors describe two assessment plans that measured student and instructor perceptions about curricular changes, the individual results of those assessments, and the conclusions the authors came to about the importance and challenges of involving a range of stakeholders in assessment.
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, Needs Assessment, Stakeholders, Student Needs, Student Interests, Models, Teacher Attitudes, Program Development, Program Implementation, Data Interpretation, Testing Programs, Program Descriptions, Context Effect, Outcome Measures, Likert Scales, Usability, Pretesting, Partnerships in Education, Reflection, Focus Groups, Interviews, Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys, Observation, College English, Action Research, Change Strategies, Writing Tests, Undergraduate Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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