Embracing the Inevitable [microform] : Building a Legislative "Report Card" as an Institutional Priority. AIR 1995 Annual Forum Paper / Bryan C. Harvey and Others
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- Harvey, Bryan C
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995
- 20 p.
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The University of Massachusetts system launched a legislative "Report Card" project in an effort to pre-empt accountability mandates and improve institutional performance. In the process, the University developed legislative survey and focus group tools, empowered a system-wide University Institutional Research Group; and developed peer comparisons and other evaluative tools. The priority concerns regarding the university were surveyed with 93 state legislators. Meetings involving institutional researchers of the five university campuses identified types of data available, uniform definitions, and the following guidelines: use of peer comparisons or other comparative data, use of graphical display data with limited text, responsiveness to legislative interests expressed in the survey, and use of evaluative information that was feasible for the five campuses to obtain. Forces shaping the development of the Report Card are addressed, including the explaining vs. evaluating role of institutional researchers, using formative vs. summative evaluations, and system vs. campus concerns. The Report Card was released to controversy both on and off the campuses. Lessons learned in the process are discussed, including many with application to the larger subject of accountability reporting. (SW)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research (35th, Boston, MA, May 28-31, 1995).
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