Build听assessment into course design and use assessment to improve to improve the course over time.听听

Involve students as partners: It鈥檚 what we do with students, not to them

  • Be transparent about expectations
  • Foster students鈥� ability to assess their own learning
  • How do we allow space in our courses for students to actively engage in our own learning?
  • Have discussions with your students to reflect on what worked and what didn鈥檛 for improvement

Create your assessment at the same time as you create the assignment听

  • Assignment design should match desired outcomes and assessment; does it allow students to learn what you want?
  • Learn about rubrics

Think about your course in the context of听the department, the institution, and a student鈥檚 educational program

  • Always examine your assumptions about your students and what should be in the course
  • Revisit your thinking about the course each time.听Don鈥檛 be afraid to try something new!听

CTL Resources:

听Classroom assessment techniques (CTL guide)听

听Rubrics (CTL guide & video presentations)听

Further Reading & Resources:

听CTL Assessment overview听(CTL webpage)听

听Assessing Student Learning听(CTL webpage)听

听Assessing & Reflecting on Teaching听(CTL webpage)听

听Program level assessment:听ASSETT and TRESTLE created a guide to curricular alignment, a key step in the process of aligning a program鈥檚 curriculum with its learning goals