Assessment Type--Cornerstone (based on desired cornerstone
outcomes); Assess a student’s understanding of the big ideas within
a course
Pros and Cons for Type
Pros: Tailored to match school objectives; provides quick results; tailored tomatch the curriculum; helps to develop local norms
Cons: Requires coordination; involves use of class time; takes time to develop as a team
Type Cornerstone Assessments by Category
Student
Instructor(s) evaluation. Characterized as: Of increasing complexity;
authentic/performance based; typical, embedded and occurring routinely; can contribute to collections of student work
Can include examples such as:
1. Purposeful writing
2. scientific investigation
3. issues debate
4. primary research
5. interpret literature
6. solving "real-world" problems
Course-- Instructor(s) evaluation (aligned, if more than one person teaching the same course)
Characterized as: Of increasing complexity; authentic/performance based; typical, embedded and occurring routinely; can contribute to collections of student work
Program--None listed
Institution--None listed
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