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UT Brownsville Physics Students |
The purpose of this web page is to promote thoughtful, effective
approaches to student learning assessment that involve faculty, benefit
students, and improve the quality of teaching and learning throughout
the academic institutions of The University of Texas System. We hope
to help campuses, academic programs, and administrators to plan,
implement, and share the results of their assessment efforts by
publishing, networking, and sponsoring activities related to student
learning assessment.
Our view of assessment is simple and captured in the following statement:
"Assessment involves making our expectations explicit and public,
setting appropriate criteria and high expectations for learning
quality; systematically gathering, analyzing, and interpreting
evidence to determine how well performance matches those expectations
and standards; and using resulting information to document, explain
and improve performance"
(T. Angelo, AAHE Bulletin, Nov. 1995, pp 7-9).
In summary, we view student learning assessment as a tool for program
planning and quality improvement AND as a tool for accountability
reporting.
This project is headed by Pedro Reyes, Ph.D.
