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 for a global view, and click on the Campus Info tab to see what CSU campuses are using.)

In July 2008 the ePac group and NMC groups were asked two simple questions:

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

Results of the ePac survey.
Results of the NMC survey.

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