Assessment

Assessment Models - Embedded Assessment

Embedded assessments use work students are already doing in their courses to assess specific learning outcomes. This can include having a second reader of a paper or having common assignments across sections. Faculty members can identify the assignments which already address specific outcomes and report those grades to a course coordinator who gathers the data, reports it to the Director of Assessment, and works with all faculty teaching the course to plan how to improve student learning.

Advantages

• Use work students are already doing for assessment
• Save time and effort for faculty
• Ensure quality of effort by students
• Take disciplinary differences into account
• Have face validity
• Allow for departmental and faculty autonomy while encouraging college-wide cooperation

Potential Problems

• Require a good deal of coordination
• Can be labor-intensive to score
• Can require solid rubrics and training of reviewers