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Articles on measuring outcomes
Articles on co-curricular assessment: choosing an instrument you will keep using, building a co-curricular record, and reporting outcomes a provost or accreditor will accept.
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4 articles on measuring outcomes.
Building a co-curricular record your campus will maintain
Co-curricular record projects stall on a decision, not on software: nobody defined what qualifies. Decide the taxonomy, the validator, and the destination.
Measuring outcomesChoosing a student assessment instrument you will keep using
A short instrument run consistently for four years beats a comprehensive one run twice. Name the decision first, and take the baseline before launch.
High-impact practices, explained for student affairs
High-impact practices are AAC&U's named set of twelve, not a label for well-liked programming. Here is what they share and how co-curricular work fits.
Measuring outcomesReporting co-curricular outcomes to a provost or accreditor
A provost tests whether you know the weaknesses in your own number. An accreditor tests whether your assessment loop closes. Two audiences, two documents.