AALHE 2018 Annual Conference

Assessment is becoming ubiquitous across higher education. As institutions commit more time into developing assessment processes, it is vital to determine the quality of these processes. The evaluation of assessment processes, known as meta-assessment, can be a challenging task. The purpose of this skill-building session is to provide participants a blueprint for engaging in program-level meta-assessment to gauge the quality of their academic degree program assessment processes. Assessment quality is a vital component in the use of assessment for improved student learning and change.
The session will start with an overview of meta-assessment, as practiced at our university (hereafter, the University). Participants should have an introductory knowledge of program-level assessment. Most of the session will be active learning, with little lecture. Participants will evaluate the effectiveness of an actual academic program's assessment process. Each participant will be provided with a truncated copy of a University program's assessment report. With support from the presenters, participants will use a meta-assessment rubric to provide ratings for each aspect of the program's assessment process. The session will conclude with a discussion of the impact of the meta-assessment process, including faculty engagement, increases in programmatic assessment quality, and assessment quality in the learning improvement process.