My musings when a friend asked about my thoughts on whether we ought to switch to credit/no-credit for this semester. At the law school here
Tag: assessment
Assessing Assessment?
The appalling legacy of “assessment” goes on and on and on. This “frank discussion” at a recent WASC conference is a classic bit of “too
Bad Methods Yield Non-Actionable Answers
Originally published June 2017 Having drunk the KoolAid of rubrics and assessment, many the untrained academic administrator epitomizes that old saw about a knowing just
"But even if they are not valid, they do tell you something…."
Remember, “validity” means “they measure what you think they measure.” “Data driven” can also mean driven right off the side of the road. From Inside
Real "Competencies" for the 21st Century
Music to my ears. Sarah Lawrence, long known for its innovative approach to liberal arts education (still using narrative evaluations – something we could adopt
