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Survey of Academic Department Chairs, Role in Student Assessment

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    Report

  • 57 Pages
  • October 2022
  • Region: Global
  • Primary Research Group
  • ID: 5665948

This study presents data from 122 department chair at more than 100 colleges, predominantly in the USA and Canada, about how they view their role and the general role of faculty in student assessment efforts. The report gives detailed data on the use of curriculum mapping, rubrics and competency based courses. In an open ended question, chair discuss what their departments have been doing to enhance the student assessment effort at their institutions. In addition, the study presents their opinion on the level of cooperation among academic departments and various assessment related departments and efforts of the college or university.

Just a few of the 57-page report’s many findings are that: 

  • Broken out by academic field, curriculum mapping was by far the most pervasive in engineering and mathematics followed by the visual arts.
  • A plurality of 34.3% of department chair interviewed say that assessment efforts at their institution are primarily led by faculty rather than by the administration or joint faculty/administration efforts.
  • Cooperation among academic department chair and college administration departments involved in the student assessment effort were much better among department chair who had served at least five years. 

Data in the report is broken out by a broad range of institutional and personal chair variables, including country, type, size, tuition level and public/private status of the college or university, and - for chairs themselves - by age, gender, academic discipline, years served as chair, and number of faculty in the department.

 

Table of Contents

THE QUESTIONNAIRE
  • Characteristics of the sample
  • Institutional Affiliations of the Survey Participants
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
  • Use of Curriculum Mapping
  • Use of Rubrics
  • Level of Institutional Encouragement of the Use of Rubrics
  • Use of Competency-Based Courses
  • View of Role of Faculty in Student Assessment Efforts
  • Coordination of Assessment-Related Support Services
  • Growth in Pressure to Improve Student Performance
List of Tables
Table 1.1 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department?
Table 1.2 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by academic field
Table 1.3 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by country
Table 1.4 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by type of college or Carnegie class
Table 1.5 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.6 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by years being chair/ vice chair
Table 1.7 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by number of faculty
Table 1.8 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by public or private college
Table 1.9 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 1.10 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.11 How common is the use of curriculum mapping by faculty in your department? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.1 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department?
Table 2.2 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by academic field
Table 2.3 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by country
Table 2.4 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by type of college or Carnegie class
Table 2.5 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.6 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by years being chair/ vice chair
Table 2.7 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by number of faculty
Table 2.8 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by public or private college
Table 2.9 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 2.10 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.11 How common is the use of rubrics, clear and transparent standards of grading and student evaluation, by instructors in your department? Broken out by age of respondent
How has your institution encouraged and stimulated the development of course rubrics?
Table 3.1 Has your department deployed competency-based courses?
Table 3.2 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by academic field
Table 3.3 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by country
Table 3.4 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by type of college or Carnegie class
Table 3.5 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by enrollment
Table 3.6 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by years being chair/ vice chair
Table 3.7 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by number of faculty
Table 3.8 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by public or private college
Table 3.9 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 3.10 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.11 Has your department deployed competency-based courses? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 4.1 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles?
Table 4.2 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by academic field
Table 4.3 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by country
Table 4.4 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by type of college or Carnegie class
Table 4.5 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by enrollment
Table 4.6 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by years being chair/ vice chair
Table 4.7 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by number of faculty
Table 4.8 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by public or private college
Table 4.9 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 4.10 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 4.11 Which phrase best describes your college faculty's role in developing the college's student assessment vehicles? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 5.1 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counselling, placement and assessment?
Table 5.2 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by academic field
Table 5.3 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by country
Table 5.4 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by type of college or Carnegie class
Table 5.5 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by enrollment
Table 5.6 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by years being chair/ vice chair
Table 5.7 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by number of faculty
Table 5.8 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by public or private college
Table 5.9 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 5.10 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 5.11 How well coordinated are these functions on your campus: advising, tutoring, counseling, placement and assessment? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 6.1 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria?
Table 6.2 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by academic field
Table 6.3 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by country
Table 6.4 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by type of college or Carnegie class
Table 6.5 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by enrollment
Table 6.6 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by years being chair/ vice chair
Table 6.7 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by number of faculty
Table 6.8 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by public or private college
Table 6.9 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 6.10 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 6.11 Over the past two years how much has pressure grown, or not, to improve student performance on measurable criteria? Broken out by age of respondent

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