Evaluating What Students Know: Using the RosE Portfolio System for Institutional and Program Outcomes Assessment Tutorial

Author

Williams, Julia M.

Author_Institution

Office of Institutional Res., Planning & Assessment, Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technol., Terre Haute, IN, USA

Volume

53

Issue

1

fYear

2010

fDate

3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

57

Abstract

Currently, colleges and universities have developed assessment systems that can collect student work products for evaluation in an effort to make student learning transparent and ensure accountability in higher education. At the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, we have developed a digital portfolio system, the RosE Portfolio System (REPS), that allows for efficient data collection; the results of portfolio evaluations are used by academic departments and programs to improve curricula and provide evidence to external accrediting agencies. The results of evaluations of student performance are also used to ensure the quality of academic curricula.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; educational administrative data processing; RosE portfolio system; academic curricula; data collection; digital portfolio system; student evaluation; Accreditation; Educational institutions; Educational products; Educational programs; Educational technology; Engineering education; IEEE news; Portfolios; Technology planning; Tutorial; Accreditation; assessment; electronic portfolios; evaluation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0361-1434

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPC.2009.2038737

Filename

5419155