Browsing by Subject "Academic Assessment"

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    Designing and Evaluating a Transitional Academic Program
    (© 1999 College Reading and Learning Association. [LINK]http://www.crla.net/journal.htm[/LINK]., 1999) Upton, Thomas A. (Thomas Albin)
    The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire faced the ethical dilemma of admitting non-native English speaking immigrants and refugees who were academically at-risk, but not providing the academic and language support the students needed to succeed. This paper provides a description and an evaluation of a transitional academic program designed to address these students' language and learning needs as well as help them integrate into the university. Its success is reflected not only in strong student improvement, but in the collaboration of many university departments and units to create an efficient and cost-effective administrative structure.
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    Designing Comprehensive Assessment Plans: The Big Picture Leads to the Little Picture
    (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2009) Applegate, Rachel
    Having an overall plan for assessment brings measurement and meaning together--and keeps you from being overwhelmed. This paper reviews five top, bottom, middle, and sideways approaches to assessment planning: modeling an academic department, serving a strategic plan, evaluating departments, weaving existing data, and being selective (scorecards and dashboards). It is one thing to know how to assess this or that--another to make all assessment serve the library’s general mission.