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EvalTools streamlining outcomes assessment processes |
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EvalTools® is a quality improvement tool set that facilitates the accreditation process and program review by streamlining the quantitative data collection and analysis process. It is used for universities and colleges to demonstrate their academic advantage to prospective students. It allows an institution to effectively track its educational objectives for continual improvement.
How program assessment is implemented and evaluated: Let’s take Course-Exit Survey as an example… | Without EvalTools® | With EvalTools® | - Copy, distribute, paper surveys to faculty
- Faculty create their own portion of the survey for course objective tracking
- Faculty distribute both/combined to the class
- Students complete surveys
- Faculty collect surveys and send to Chair office
- Chair/Secretary compiles the surveys for analysis!!!
- Faculty also submit Excel report for tracking objective vs. program criteria to Chair
- Chair/Secretary compiles curriculum matrix for comparative view and analysis
- Faculty complete paper FCAR
- Chair/Secretary collect FCAR from faculty
- General meeting to evaluate compiled data and identify action items
| - Admin creates survey
- Faculty enter course objectives and criteria mapping
- Students complete surveys
- Faculty complete FCAR
- Program assessment and analysis:
- Curriculum Outcomes Matrix – comparative view
- Action item matrix – for “closing the loop”
- Longitudinal analysis for program improvement
- Other surveys: Senior Exit, Alumni survey
| | Other issues… | - Chair has no easy means to evaluate program’s strength in a longitudinal manner
- Chair/secretary needs to deploy other surveys: Senior Exit, Alumni survey
- Chair/secretary needs to compile other survey data for analysis and to generate action items
| | Among other assessment items: class portfolio and its analysis |
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