The art of assessment : making outcomes assessment accessible, sustainable, and meaningful /

The art of assessment : making outcomes assessment accessible, sustainable, and meaningful / Andrea Susnir Funk ; foreword by Judith Welch Wegner.

Publisher's description: While law faculty have always assessed their students, law schools have never before been required to systematically assess their program of legal education to determine whether they are achieving their goals. With the new ABA assessment standards in place, law schools...

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Main Author: Funk, Andrea Susnir (Author)
Other Authors: Wegner, Judith Welch
Other title:Making outcomes assessment accessible, sustainable, and meaningful.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2017]
Subjects:
American Bar Association. > Standards, rules of procedure for approval of law schools.
Law schools > Accreditation > United States.
Law schools > United States > Evaluation.
Educational evaluation > United States.
Educational evaluation.
Law schools > Accreditation.
Law schools > Evaluation.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Judith Welch Wegner
  • Reframe the assessment issue (change the conversation)
  • Translate the language of assessment (focus on the process
  • not the words)
  • Assess what matters (getting started)
  • Develop a sustainable cycle of assessment (Rome wasn't built in a day)
  • Use what you are already doing (do not re-invent the wheel)
  • Democratize assessment (anyone can do it
  • no advanced math degree required)
  • Gather information . . . everywhere! (then, do something with it)
  • Achieve movement (not perfection)
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. ABA standards, guidance memo, transition memo, and Outcome Measures Committee report
  • Appendix B. The anatomy of an assessment program
  • Appendix C. Frequently asked questions
  • Appendix D. Sample assessment documents
  • Appendix E. Assessment resource list.

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