University Assessment Panel
Notes from Meeting of
7 November 2008
The fourth meeting of the University Assessment
Panel (UAP) was held on Friday, 7 November 2008, at 10:00 a.m. in Altgeld 203.
Announcements
The Assessment Expo will
be held 20, February 2009. Registration will begin at 8:30am, poster sessions
will began at 9:15am, and round tables will be held from 10:00am-12:00pm.
During prior UAP meetings it was decided not to assign prizes for the top three
projects. Douglass discussed the possibilities of having a drawing or have
participants vote for a ‘people’s choice’ project that would receive a reward.
There was some opposition to a drawing. A final decision will be made at a
subsequent UAP meeting.
The Susan Hatfield
seminar will be held 20, March 2009.
The IBHE Strategic
Planning initiative was discussed. The four goals can be accessed at (www.ibhe.org ). A public hearing was held on campus where
persons commented to the IBHE on their experiences. A final meeting will be
held on November 21st in
NIU will be participating
in the Voluntary system of Accountability/College Portrait. Once NIU joins,
data on high stakes testing must be available within 2 years; other data must
be posted within 3 months. NIU has chosen to use to ACT CAAP Tests as measures
of core competencies. UAP members raised concerns that faculty have not been
adequately informed of the upcoming implementation of high stakes testing. It
was suggested that all department chairs be notified. At a subsequent meeting,
the UAP will discuss means to effectively inform faculty about College
Portrait-related information.
2008 University
Writing Project Report
The University Writing
Project (UWP) Report was distributed. The UWP was a course imbedded assessment
scored by English faculty using a universal rubric. The report provides
information regarding methods, results, and implications. The UAP provided
suggestions for recruiting faculty participation.
Review of Status
Reports
The status reports for
the Master in Public Administration, and the B.S./B.S.,
M.A., and Ph.D. in Psychology reports were reviewed by the panel. A summary of
the panel’s feedback will be sent to the departments. Funding requests were
considered for the Master of Public
Administration and B.A./B.S. in Psychology programs.
The next meeting is
scheduled for November 21, 2008 from 10:00-12:00 in Altgeld 203.
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