Why should faculty engage in assessment?
Faculty need to engage in assessment for at least two reasons: First, assessment is designed to function as continuing improvement for teaching and learning. Assessment helps CWU improve the manner and degree to which students learn what they are supposed to be learning. Assessment provides information that allows educators to make good decisions based on information about student learning. Assessment encourages educators to look at what they do in the classroom, how their classroom practices affect student learning, and what changes could be made in teaching methods or materials to enhance student learning. Secondly, faculty need to engage in assessment to assist the university in remaining accountable to the constituencies it serves. Students and their families should be able to see how CWU achieves in teaching and learning; accrediting agencies need to know that CWU is effective in teaching and learning; legislative and executive governmental bodies provide funding and need to know
