We welcome you to Volume 1, Issue 2 of Assess@CUNY, an online quarterly publication of the CUNY Assessment Council that supports the Council’s Mission. In our second issue we bring you five articles, all written by CUNY faculty and staff […]
Archive | July, 2020
Creating a Charrette Process to Ignite the Conversation on Equity and Inclusion
By Erika R. Carlson, Leslie Craigo, Peter P. Hoontis, Elisabeth Jaffe, Lynn McGee and James Sayegh on July 6, 2020 in Fostering Culture, Institutional, Success Stories, Vol 1, Issue 2 (Jul 2020)
The gaps in graduation and retention rates between ethnic and gender groups continue to be a foremost area of focus at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), The City University of New York (CUNY). Equity and inclusion is also a critical concern as it relates to faculty and staff. At BMCC, a college-wide initiative, Designing […]
Ensuring Fairness in Unprecedented Times: Grading Our Nation’s Students
By Tammie Cumming, M. David Miller, Jennifer Bergeron and Fredrik deBoer on July 6, 2020 in Fostering Culture, Reflections, Vol 1, Issue 2 (Jul 2020)
For high school and college students across the country, getting through the end of the school year has gotten very complicated. The spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, and the widespread closure of public places in response, has turned […]
Assessing Student Learning In Distance Learning Environments
By Lizandra Friedland and Cheryl Littman on July 6, 2020 in Academic Affairs, Reflections, Vol 1, Issue 2 (Jul 2020)
Thinking carefully about how we can support our students in achieving the learning goals we set for them is what assessment is all about. A good assessment strategy can both inform your teaching and support your students in the new distance-learning environment. The information below is intended to help Queens College instructors assess […]
Assessment Pioneers Inspire Best Practices in Community Colleges
By Richard LaManna and Michael Roggow on July 6, 2020 in Literature Reviews, Spotlight on People, Vol 1, Issue 2 (Jul 2020)
One of the earliest widely distributed and read statements of assessment was the 2004 book Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide by Prof. Linda Suskie, one of three important books on outcomes assessment published in that year. Fifteen years ago, the field of outcomes assessment was loosely structured and […]
Ensuring Student Success: Using Formative Assessment as the Key to Communication and Compassion Among Faculty, Students, and Staff
By Shylaja Akkaraju, Seher Atamturktur, Laura Broughton and Tica Frazer on July 6, 2020 in Academic Affairs, Vol 1, Issue 2 (Jul 2020)
A popular New York Times Op‐ed laments the waste of time, energy, and resources on the pointless exercise of learning outcomes assessment (Worthen, 2018). The article exemplifies how the purpose, value, and process of assessment are utterly misunderstood by many in higher education. The etymology of […]
