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A Culture of Assessment
In the Educator Preparation Program at SHSU, we strive to encourage and support a Culture of Assessment. The items, listed below, are vital to establishing the culture.
- Education goals
- Assessment-related terms
- Faculty ownership of assessment programs
- Ongoing professional development
- Administrative encouragement of assessment
- Practical assessment plans
- Systematic assessment
- Student learning outcomes for all courses and programs
- Comprehensive program review
- Assessment of overall institutional effectiveness
- Information forums about assessment
- Inclusion of assessment in plans and budgets
- Celebration of successes
- Responsiveness to proposals for new endeavors related to assessment (Weiner, 2009)
