Rubrics The VALUE Project UWWhitewater Rubrics Joan Littlefield

Rubrics The VALUE Project & UW-Whitewater Rubrics Joan Littlefield Cook

ASSESSMENT How will we know that students have achieved the essential learning outcomes? � Assessment of learning Can students receive periodic feedback on their progress (part of giving students a compass)? � Assessment for learning

AAC&U VALUE PROJECT Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education Assessment project motivated by a “push for accountability and transparency in higher education driven by a sense that students in the United States are lagging behind students in other countries, and a resultant call for comparisons of student performance across campuses based on a score derived from one of a few national tests. ” --Terrel Rhodes (2010), AAC&U, Assessing Outcomes and Improving Achievement: Tips and Tools for Using Rubrics (p. 1).

VALUE RUBRICS HTTP: //WWW. UWW. EDU/LEAP/FACULTY-AND-STAFF-RESOURCES/VALUE-AND-UWW RUBRICS - 100+ faculty and staff professionals 12 “Leadership Campuses” Nearly 100 additional campuses tested rubrics Meant as guides and starting points To be tailored for individual campuses, courses Represent a shared, national vision of what we expect college graduates to know and be able to do “Level 1” = beginning college work “Level 4, Capstone” = level expected at graduation

UWW RUBRICS Writing Matters Speaking Well Diversity Learning Critical Thinking Information Literacy http: //www. uww. edu/leap/faculty-and-staff-resources/value-and-uww-rubrics

ACTION PLAN MEASURES What do you want to accomplish in your action plan? How will you know …? � Short-term, Long-term � Quantitative, Qualitative

GET SPECIFIC Brainstorm at your table � Identify at least one possible outcome of your plan � Identify at least one measure that would tell you if/to what degree you’ve achieved the outcome Can the VALUE or UWW rubrics help?