Assessment

CRLT Assessment & Evaluation Services

If you are looking for teaching evaluations, please contact the Registrar's Office, 647-3626.

Assessment for Curriculum Improvement

CRLT's Director of Assessment and Instructional Consultants work with chairs, associate deans, and departmental committees engaged in assessing student learning for curricular improvement or accreditation.

All of CRLT's assessment projects have two defining characteristics:
  • They are led by faculty responsible for the curriculum or the courses being assessed, with CRLT providing support and expertise as necessary
  • They are action-oriented, generating data of interest to faculty and faculty committees responsible for improving their courses or curricula.

CRLT provides the following services to support the assessment of student learning: Read more »

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Fall 2009 Provost's Seminar on Teaching: What Are They Learning? Approaches to Assessing Student Learning

Convened each term, Provost’s Seminars on Teaching provide an opportunity for lively and substantive dialogue about a wide range of teaching and learning issues campus wide, across disciplinary boundaries. The Fall 2009 Seminar on the assessment of student learning included a keynote address by Carol Schneider, President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and a poster fair documenting some of the many assessment projects currently underway at U-M.

Navigate to a PDF of the Handout and Power Point slides for Carol Schneider's presentation:
Eliciting—and Assessing—Our Students’ Best Work:  Designs for Accountability Worthy of Our Mission

Click on the title to download a PDF of the poster. Read more »

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LSA Quantitative Reasoning Assessment, Fall 2009

Summary Findings

Mary Wright, Assistant Director, Evaluation, & Assistant Research Scientist, CRLT
Jim Barber, Assistant for Programs & Research, CRLT

This report presents summary results of an evaluation of LSA’s Quantitative Reasoning requirement. According to The LSA Bulletin, “The goal of the Quantitative Reasoning requirement is to ensure that every graduate of the College achieves a certain level of proficiency in using and analyzing quantitative information.” Students may fulfill the requirement by passing one course designated for QR credit (QR1) or two courses designed for half credit (QR/2). Because a wide margin (82%) of students fulfill the requirement through the former option, this evaluation focuses specifically on the impact of QR1 courses.

 

Index:

A. Evaluation Methods
B. Key questions and findings: Read more »

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