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The Assessment
Committee, as an advisory committee to the Vice President for Academic
Affairs (VPAA), is charged with on-going responsibility for coordinating
assessment on the Rivier College campus. These responsibilities include:
- Developing an academic assessment plan.
- Monitoring the implementation of the
assessment plan.
- Educating college personnel about the
significance of their participation in on-going assessment.
- Providing help in selecting appropriate
instruments and measures for determining learning outcomes.
- Providing educational programs and training
opportunities to improve the quality of assessment on campus.
- Reporting on results of assessment at
Rivier.
To achieve these objectives, the Assessment Committee will ...
SUPPORT
- Develop and maintain a timeline of
assessment activities and goals, listing the specific dates by which
kinds and types of assessment activities will take place, assessment
instruments will be evaluated, the kinds and analysis of data will
be sent to the Committee, and results will be distributed for
appropriate action.
- Develop faculty workshops on assessment
issues and training for assessment procedures.
- Develop a resource file and source book
containing materials to help academic units develop or adopt
appropriate methods of assessment.
- Encourage dialogue across disciplines on
common assessment issues.
REVIEW
- Review data received from assessment
results.
- Compile suggestions or recommendations for
change from academic units.
- Compare the results after changes have been
introduced.
RECOMMEND
- Identify, prioritize and recommend resources
needed for the coming year to maintain or improve the academic
assessment program.
- Make recommendations that go beyond a
specific school or department for: additional assessment processes
or modifications to present practices, modifications in the
assessment process and calendar, and for budgeting assessment
programs and procedures.
REPORT
- Provide regular progress reports on the work
of the Assessment Committee.
- Issue an end-of-the-year report to the
Vice-President for Academic Affairs including accomplishments and
goals for the coming year.
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