Accreditation

Accreditation agencies have become more outcome driven, requiring examples of student learning as well as an aggregation of assessment data for internal program evaluation.

In 2005 Ralph Wolff (WASC President - Western Association of Schools and Colleges) gave a speech claiming

"We are moving from assessment to accountability. Shifting the National, State, and System levels as opposed to local" AND "assessment should be a systematic process about setting goals."

Some vendor products are design to help with accreditation, so choose carefully. (See the Concept Map link opens new window for a global view, and click on the Campus Info tab to see what CSU campuses are using.)

Assessment is often discussed with ePortfolios. See a MERLOT collection link opens new windowof assessment information.

In July 2008 the ePac link opens new window group was asked two simple questions:

  1. What ePortfolio products are you using?
  2. Have ePortfolios helped you through accreditation?

    Results of the ePac survey (pdf).

“The Future of Electronic Portfolios: Do They Help with Accreditation?” by Kathleen Willbanks was published and presented at ED-MEDIA 2009--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications.
In word: EdMedia2009v2 PowerPoint presentation: EDMEDIA2009

 

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