simultaneously assessing and grading student work
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Simultaneously Assessing and Grading Student Work
Dr. Ann SaurbierWalsh College
Troy, MI
@ACBSPAccredited #ACBSP2016
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Walsh College
@ACBSPAccredited#ACBSP2016
• Established 1922 • Professional accounting school• Night courses for working adults
• Legacy • ‘practical’ business education for working adults• Non-traditional students
• Upper division undergraduate / graduate programs
• Headcount = 3,700• 92% Part-time attendance
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Walsh College MissionProvide a relevant business education that integrates theory and application to prepare graduates for successful careers through:
• Faculty who bring meaningful scholarship, academic credentials and professional work experience to the learning process
• Close ties with the business community• A supportive environment that inspires
student achievement
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Walsh College Core Competencies• Problem Solving• Written Communication• Oral Communication
• Master a Business Discipline• Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Management, Marketing, Taxation
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Annual Data Collection Cycles
• By competency• By degree program
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Data Collection Rubrics
• By competency• By program level
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• Identify courses to be assessed
• Identify the assignments to be assessed
• Identify artifacts to be collected• Identify the competencies to be assessed in
each course and assignment
Direct Internal Measures
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Written Essay Final Exam Written Final Course Paper• Problem solving • Problem Solving• Written Communication • Written Communication
Degree Program Formative Summative
MBA COM 510 MGT 680
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Best Practices Sharing …..
How do you go about identifying courses and assignments for internal assessment data collection?
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Degree Program Formative Summative
MBA COM 510 MGT 680
Internal Measures• Graded• Assessed
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Question:
• Instead of ‘double the work’ …• Is there a way to leverage the assessment process to accomplish grading and assessment at the same time?
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• Maximize the inherent connection • assignment grading • assignment assessment
• Assignment AND Assessment focus• Problem Solving• Written Communication
• Embed learning outcome assessment into assignment grading
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• Identify assignments in target courses that focus on the institution-level core competencies
• Problem solving• Written communication
• Review existing assignment instructions• Map assignment instructions/rubric criteria to
institution-level core competencies
• LMS integration
Process Flow
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• Identify target courses – by program
• Formative• Summative
Identify Courses
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• Identify the target assignments
• Identify target artifacts
Identify Assignments
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Assessment and
Assignment________________________________
Criteria Mapping
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LMS Integration• Explore the LMS rubric functionality
• Explore ability to export assessment data
• Explore additional benefits• Longitudinal student assessment
data• Explore potential drawbacks
• Limited grading granularity
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Additional Implementation Issues
• Faculty Buy-in• Faculty Competence• Technical Assistance• Process Confusion• Communication Disconnects
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Grade and Assess Student Competency
• Points assigned• Additional feedback provided
• Assessment data recorded
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Best Practices Sharing …..
Additional integrated processes used for internal assessment data collection and simultaneous grading?
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Walsh College …the process thus far
• 17 courses using the integrated functional rubrics• 71 course sections have produced data for assessment analysis• Multiple modalities covered
• Online, on ground, blended courses, flipped classrooms
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Successes• Communication Gateway Course• Management Capstone Course
• Consistency across multiple instructors• Objective criteria to verify ‘passing’ performance
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Challenges remain ….• Faculty ‘being nice’ while grading• Grading – but NOT assessing• Faculty involvement in rubric build• Norming across multiple instructors• Criteria manipulation• Data access and analysis
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Best Practices Sharing …..
Suggestions to overcome these challenges?
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Continuing the LoopCriterion 4.4
use results to improve educational processes in the interest of continuously improving student
learning outcomes
Drive students toward Performance
• Identify the problem• Target the issue• Experiment• Assess results
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