How could such a rhetorically over-blown, pedagogically shallow program have been foisted on us?
While the language may be challenging, assessment-based program review is an excellent means of holding ourselves accountable for what our students learn through our classes and other experiences. Rather than being “pedagogically shallow,” assessment is pedagogically imperative, complex, and meaningful. As far as the origins of the process goes, as well as the resulting imperative that we participate, you may want to refer to the history of the revised program review process. You will note that it was faculty, representing every college on campus, who designed this process and administration that adopted it. Perhaps a cycle of this review process will change your mind once you see the resulting evidence of what students know and can do as a result of their education-and what they don’t know and can’t do. Equally important, the evidence may show us that we don’t know what we thought we knew about our own students and their abilities. (If you have ever been chagrined by students’ perform
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