Deanship of Academic Affairs University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Mission
To coordinate and institutionalize student learning assessment efforts through the integration and implementation of the Evaluation of the Student Learning Plan of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
To provide support services to coordinators of the assessment program about the selection of suitable quantitative and qualitative instruments and the disclosure of assessment results within the campus.
Click here to access the presentation offered by Prof. Julio Rodríguez and William Estépar.
If you have any comments about the workshop or if you are interested in receiving a copy of the GRE materials (CD or the Practice Test) we compile for the students who attended the workshop please let us know here on our blog or directly at our email (oeaeupr@gmail.com).
(July 2, 2009; Stephanie Lee - stephanie.lee@insidehighered.com)
"It's more and more generally considered a norm of higher education that you need to assess the outcomes of the students who go through colleges or universities," said Roberta Spalter-Roth, a co-author of the study and director of the American Sociological Association's research and development department. "On other hand, there appears to certainly be a group -- I'm not positive how substantial -- who think that assessment is an invasion into their professional autonomy, who feel that increasingly teachers have less control over what's happening in the university, who think it's a parody of social science research."
(July 1, 2009; Jack Stripling - jstripling@insidehighered.com
"Education Sector measured states in 21 categories of accountability, analyzing any systems that might be in place to assess areas like affordability, degree production, research and scholarship. States that promote or require the use of assessment tools, and take steps to publicize the information, were given the highest marks. Those that had few tools for assessment and did little to spread information were graded lower.
Education Sector graded 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia on a three-grade scale. The highest grade, “best practice,” was given to 10 states with well developed reporting mechanisms. The second ranking, “in progress,” was given to 27 states that have less complete efforts underway. The lowest category, “needs improvement,” went to 13 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico, where little is being done in the way of accountability, according to Education Sector."
What is social responsibility and what instruments we can use to evaluate it? These questions where the main topics discussed during the workshop presented by Dr. Isaura Alvarado of the Graduate School of the Education College on Wednesday April 29th called "Rubrics to Evaluate Social Responsibility" offered by Office of Evaluation of Student Learning and the Center for Academic Excellence.
Our commitment to improve not only student learning but also the opportunity that our graduates have to pursue post baccalaureate studies led us to prepare a workshop for the Graduate School entrance exam, the Graduate Record Examination (also known as GRE).
Click here to download the PDF presentation. If you have any comments, please let us know.
The first of a series of activities planned for the second semester of the 2008-2009 academic year by the OEAE.
Date: February, 11th 2009
Place: Amphitheater 3, Education College
Hour: 1:00pm - 4:30pm
The purpose of the forum is to present how four different departments and their respective assessment coordinators are implementing the Student Learning Assessment Plan of their academic programs.
Central questions for this discussion:
1) What each assessment coordinator is doing to implement her plan to assess student learning?
2) How each assessment coordinator is implementing her plan to assess student learning?
3) What has been their learning experiences assessing student learning so far?
4) What are their results and their proposed transforming actions?
5) What are some of their projections?
6) Recommendations as to how other departments can implement their Plan: How other programs could use the ideas presented by these coordinators?
Here are the presentations for the forum:
Moderator: Prof. Nadia Cordero, Office of Evaluation of Student Learning
