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- COE Assessment Plan & Reports
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Moira Lafayette
Academic Affairs
Room 2701 Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1691
Phone: 608/890-2437
Fax: 608/262-6400
Email: moiraL@engr.wisc.edu
Web: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/admin/
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Team Email: abet@engr.wisc.edu
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Definitions of common assessment terms.
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Assessment & Evaluation
The collection, analysis, and interpretation of data measuring the
achievement of course and program outcomes and/or describing student
experiences, especially for the purpose of course and program
improvement. These terms are used interchangeably except where noted
otherwise.
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Program Objectives
Broad statements describing how a program will fulfill its mission
(and the mission of the college and university) and thereby satisfy
constituency needs.
N.B. ABET's requirement that "Although institutions may use different terminology, for purposes of Criterion 2, program educational objectives are intended to be statements that describe the expected accomplishments of graduates during the first several years following graduation from the program."
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Course Objectives
Broad statements describing how a course will fulfill the program
objectives and thereby satisfy constituency needs.
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Program Outcomes
Statements describing the specific knowledge and skills students are
expected to acquire as a result of the program curriculum.
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Course Outcomes
Statements describing the specific knowledge and skills students are
expected to acquire as a result of the course.
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Constituency
A group of people the program intends to serve. The group may be
considered to have common expectations of the program. A degree
program typically has multiple constituencies. (These constituencies
might include industry, the public, the state legislature, etc.)
These definitions are adapted from Gloria M. Rogers & Jean K. Sando,
Stepping Ahead: An Assessment Plan Development Guide, Terre Haute,
IN: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1996, p. 14, and M. Dayne
Aldridge & Larry D. Benefield, "A Model Assessment Plan," ASEE Prism
(May-June 1998): 22-8, p. 24.
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