State Initiatives in Assessment and Outcome Measurement [microform] : Tools for Teaching and Learning in the 1990s: Individual State Profiles. ECS Working Papers / Christine P. Paulson
- Bib ID:
- 5520357
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Paulson, Christine P
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990
- 115 p.
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The state profiles contained in this document are based on a 1989 survey of statewide or systemwide approaches to assessment and outcomes measurement in postsecondary education. All 50 states, the territory of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia are included. A common format provides information on the following aspects: origins of the initiative, a description of the assessment initiative, the primary purpose of the assessment, whether or not common data or test results are collected in the state; whether institutions are required to report to the state about assessment or receive state-level approval of its initiative and how the initiative is funded. Additional comments provide information on state trends in assessment. An introductory reprint from the April 1990 issue of the AAHE (American Association for Higher Education) Bulletin contrasts the 1989 survey results with those obtained from a similar survey carried out in 1987. It is noted that (unlike the earlier group), most of the 1989 respondents clearly distinguished between assessment of basic student skills on entry and assessment of college outcomes; an increasing recognition of assessment as an identifiably distinct policy arena was also observed. Twenty seven states have identifiable assessment initiatives consisting of legislation or board policy in place with only eight states reporting no such initiatives being planned; most new state initiatives stress institutional flexibility; most states are requiring local fiscal support of assessment efforts; and most respondents saw the purpose of assessment to be instructional improvement rather than accountability. (DB)
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