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An intense, well-designed collaborative effort yields a better reflection of student gains in writing and and gives middle, high school, and college teachers and staff a chance to share strategies and goals.
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More Than a Buzz Word: Assessment as a way of life
Assessment is a multi-layered tool that can be used to evaluate all aspects of an institution and by doing so, make a better institution.
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LLTC Uses Thunderbird To Visualize Graduates
When looking at assessment, one of the main questions that must be asked is how relevant the assessment plan is to the institution. An assessment plan cannot truly become alive on a campus unless it is meaningful to the college community and represents the characteristics unique to that institution.
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Harnessing Assessment: Pulling together, administrators, faculty, and staff can improve student learning
A Northwest Indian College expert provides a check list to make assessment easier and more effective for tribal colleges.
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Assessing the Dream: Student achievement in a cultural environment
When tribes first create their tribal colleges, there is little time for long range planning or for looking back to gauge their progress. “The first 5 years of our 10 year old school were chaotic,” said Lester “Jack” Briggs,
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10-2 Winter 1998 “Assessing Student Learning in a Cultural Environment” Resource Guide
Research to date has largely ignored higher education institutions’ assessment of their ability to serve American Indian students. This article will provide an overview of the literature in this area and some internet sites that may be useful.
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Turtle Mountain Faculty Help Build Model Assessment Tool
Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) has established itself as a leader in one of the most significant arenas for any college or university—accreditation.
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Red Crow Uses Impartial Assessment Tool
Red Crow Community College recently celebrated its 10th anniversary as an adult and post- secondary institution serving the Kainai community on the Blood Reserve in Alberta,
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Five Colleges Collaborate to Improve Assessment
In 1997, the five tribal colleges in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan embarked on an ambitious collaborative effort. Anticipating a visit in 1999 from the regional accreditation association, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College received a two-year, $100,000 grant to work toward more culturally aware accreditation assessment.
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For Good Measure: Colleges must prove their students are learning. It’s a task easier said than done
What, exactly, do students learn in college? Jack Barden reports that American colleges and universities are now expected to know the answer.
