Technology Solutions to Support Assessment

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dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Jennifer M.
dc.contributor.authorBraxton, Sherri N.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-22T13:13:18Z
dc.date.available2018-10-22T13:13:18Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we explore how assessment technologies can support college and university assessment processes at multiple levels. Our goal is to help you think through your institutional assessment culture and processes, so you can identify tools that support your institution’s approach to assessment. Multiple software systems can offer institutions rich and nuanced information about students—most schools have learning management systems (LMS) and student information systems (SIS), often supported by analytics programs that integrate the data. Faculty rely on the LMS and other tools like student response systems (i.e., “clickers”), Scantron, and e-portfolios to assess students’ work at the program and course-levels. At program- and institution-levels, many schools have adopted Assessment Management Systems (AMS) to streamline assessment processes and enrich their evidence about student learning. Yet “meaningful implementation remains elusive”—while 29% of provosts would like tools that can “aggregate assessment results to represent overall institutional performance,” 51% of provosts do not find their AMS fully supportive of assessment efforts (Jankowski, Timmer, Kinzie, & Kuh, 2018, p. 4, 15, 23). How can institutions select useful assessment technologies and integrate them with existing tools, so faculty and administrators can easily extract and use the data to improve student learning? What elements should we consider when selecting technologies? Do any systems exist that address the requirements of authentic assessment in one solution? To explore these questions, we discuss how technologies can address assessment challenges. Next, we classify the functional criteria in a taxonomy. We then sketch a process to help you reflect on your assessment technology needs, giving attention to your institution’s assessment culture, data, technology users, and audiences. Finally, we present evaluation criteria for judging the appropriateness of technologies.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipLumina Foundation for Educationen_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/OccasionalPaper35.pdfen_US
dc.format.extent27 pagesen_US
dc.genrePaperen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2MG7G03Z
dc.identifier.citationHarrison, J. M., & Braxton, S. N. (2018, September). Technology solutions to support assessment. (Occasional Paper No. 35). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/11620
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNILOAen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Development Center (FDC)
dc.subjectassessment technologiesen_US
dc.subjectlearning management systemsen_US
dc.subjectstudent information systemsen_US
dc.subjectssessment Management Systemsen_US
dc.titleTechnology Solutions to Support Assessmenten_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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