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Jankowski, Natasha – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
In the field of education, we bump constantly into buzzwords, pass unclear phrases in the hall, and greet acronyms as good friends. Yet rarely is it that we unpack or critically examine what is meant when phrases are uttered. What does it actually "mean" to "enhance institutional effectiveness"? To "foster synergy"?…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Story Telling, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation
Busby, A. Katherine; Aaron, Robert W. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
Just over ten years ago, John Schuh and Ann Gansemer-Topf authored NILOA Occasional Paper #7, "The Role of Student Affairs in Student Learning Assessment" (2010). The authors identified contributions and challenges for student affairs assessment and called on student affairs professionals not only to develop meaningful programs and…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Jankowski, Natasha A. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2020
In March 2020, institutions abruptly pivoted to remote instruction, sending students, faculty, and staff away from college campuses in response to COVID-19. In June 2020, the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) launched a survey to capture a snapshot of assessment-related changes made during Spring 2020 in response to the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Student Evaluation, Distance Education
Finley, Ashley – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2019
High-impact practices, such as learning communities, capstones, undergraduate research, and community-based experiences, are effective pedagogies. Most of these practices have been around for decades. By clustering the effective elements of these activities through the term "high-impact practices," we bring together elements which we…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Higher Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Jankowski, Natasha A.; Timmer, Jennifer D.; Kinzie, Jillian; Kuh, George D. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2018
Over the past decade, the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) has been documenting what colleges and universities are doing to gather evidence about student learning and helping institutions to productively use assessment data to strengthen undergraduate education. NILOA also has been monitoring how institutions communicate…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Educational Assessment, Higher Education
Gaston, Paul L. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2018
This report reviews the accomplishments of higher education accreditation relative to its symbiotic relationship with assessment, acknowledges serious criticisms and proposed reforms, and indicates how accreditation might reform itself so as to disarm calls for radical change, improve its performance, strengthen the institutions and programs it…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Assessment, Change Strategies
Metzler, Eric T.; Kurz, Lisa – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2018
The discipline of assessment has matured to the point where there is general agreement on best practices. However, the field has made little progress in developing a theoretical basis -- whether for assessment in general or for more specific dimensions of assessment as they emerge. Without a generalizable theory to work from, assessment…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Marshall, David W.; Jankowski, Natasha A.; Vaughan, Terry, III – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2017
Tuning is a bottom-up, faculty-led process which leads to the creation of a discipline-specific learning outcome document along with a degree profile that is used to communicate the value of a particular degree to a variety of audiences including students, employers, policy makers, and the general public. Tuning, introduced in the United States in…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Educational Objectives, Program Effectiveness, College Faculty
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2016
This National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) policy statement outlines the warrant for multiple, systematic approaches to obtain evidence of authentic student achievement. The importance of assessing student learning in college has yet to capture the attention of policy makers or the public. Indeed, few outside the academy know…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Educational Policy, Position Papers
Banta, Trudy W.; Ewell, Peter T.; Cogswell, Cynthia A. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2016
At some future point, when a definitive history of the assessment movement is written, one of the most frequently cited, influential publications will be "Assessment Update" ("AU"). Since 1989, this bimonthly newsletter has been published by Jossey-Bass in partnership with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Evaluation Methods
Cain, Timothy Reese – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2014
Scholars and practitioners of learning outcomes assessment widely recognize the importance of faculty engagement with the planning and implementation of assessment activities. Yet garnering participation by the majority of faculty has remained a significant challenge due in part to faculty concerns over the purposes of assessment, the value that…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Outcome Measures
Hutchings, Pat; Jankowski, Natasha A.; Ewell, Peter T. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2014
The Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) first released by Lumina Foundation in 2011 and revised in 2014 sets forth a vision of what students should know and be able to do at the associate, bachelor's, and master's levels. It also carries an important message about assessment. Unlike the popular model of assessment as a sampling of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Degree Requirements, Assignments
Fulcher, Keston H.; Good, Megan R.; Coleman, Chris M.; Smith, Kristen L. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2014
Assessing learning does not by itself result in increased student accomplishment, much like a pig never fattened up because it was weighed. Indeed, recent research shows that while institutions are more regularly engaging in assessment, they have little to show in the way of stronger student performance. This paper clarifies how assessment results…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Utilization, College Students
Cooper, Tammi; Terrell, Trent – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2013
Assessment activities have proliferated over the last decade at institutions of higher education. While assessment is useful for institutional improvement, this proliferation has in part been due to greater pressures from regional accreditors on institutions to meet assessment requirements. These higher expectations have led to new expenditures on…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Colleges, Accreditation (Institutions), Expenditures