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The context for the assessment-related challenges you are facing:

Level of Description of the specific context with attention to

importance the kinds of challenges that it poses:
(5=high)
Institutional
characteristics

Stakeholders

Existing assessment
practices / culture

Student-related
considerations
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Adapting the VALUE rubrics:

Level of Description of your prior experience with these

importance factors and your sense of how they would influence
(5=high) various assessment strategies:
Inter-rater reliability

Creating appropriate
assignments/artifacts

Workload
considerations

Comparability across
disciplines / majors
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Selecting a VSA-appropriate instrument:

Level of Understanding of the various strengths and

importan weaknesses of the possible assessment instruments
ce (CLA, CAAP, MAPP)
(5=high)
Costs

Sampling

Timing

Ability to
disaggregate
data/diagnostic
capability

Appeal of the test

construct (open-
ended, MC, authentic)

Faculty input,
curricular
considerations
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Creating a plan for integrating a range of assessment instruments:

What data will be collected?

When?

Where will the data be

published?

Are the data appropriate for

identifying specific opportunities
for program improvement?

Will you elect to oversample or

instead target specific
populations or issues?

What will be the relationship

between the faculty and the
office of institutional research?

Will the data be used for

reporting to various accrediting
bodies or only for internal use?