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Session Title: A Foot in Each Worlds: An Evaluator in the Assessment World
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Panel Session 475 to be held in Chesapeake Room on Thursday, November 8, 5:15 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Assessment in Higher Education TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Jo-Ellen Asbury,
Villa Julie College,
dea-joel@mail.vjc.edu
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| Discussant(s):
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| Molly Engle,
Oregon State University,
molly.engle@oregonstate.edu
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| Abstract:
This panel addresses the conference theme of evaluation and learning by focusing on the potential for evaluation research and assessment research to learn from one another. Though their end objectives are similar, a quick review of the key sources within these two bodies of literature reveals very little cross-pollination. Evaluators seem to situate their methodological roots in fairly classical social science research approaches. Assessment scholars seem to place their roots in the need to respond to calls for greater accountability from various accrediting agencies and calls for clearer documentation of effectiveness from the general public. This panel will examine how these two bodies of research, while unique in origin, may be moving toward similar goals and what they may learn from one another.
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Program Evaluation and Higher Education Assessment: Different Origins, Same Objectives
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| Jo-Ellen Asbury,
Villa Julie College,
dea-joel@mail.vjc.edu
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This paper reviews the unique origins of these two bodies of literature, and analyzes the commonalities in current foci and objectives. Issues of level of control over design and procedures the researcher can exercise, who the stakeholders are, formative vs. summative agendas, what constitutes 'evidence' and guidance from overarching theoretical perspectives will be discussed. Whether or not these two bodies of research are truly on different paths or just at different points along the same paths will be discussed. Throughout, the emphasis will be on what each body of literature could learn from the other.
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Enhancement Through Integration: What we can Learn From Each Other
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| Martha Ann Carey,
Azusa Pacific University,
mcarey@apu.edu
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| Connie Brehm,
Azusa Pacific University,
cbrehn@apu.edu
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| Javier Guerra,
Azusa Pacific University,
jguerra@apu.edu
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Examining program quality as it meets defined criteria is the purpose of most professional accreditation. In order to protect the public, assessment may focus more on ensuring that a professional's performance meets minimum standards. Often taking a broader view and exemplified by the application of scientific principles for design, implementation, and utilization, evaluation may utilize Standards from AERA, AEA, APA, and NCME to enhance the validity of the process. Evaluation approaches may also be better able to address future needs as social and political contexts can be anticipated to impact on a social program.
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