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Tackling campus-based assessment collaboratively.

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| September 22, 2006 | Wilkes, Kerrie Fergen | COPYRIGHT 2006 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

The assessment of multi-disciplinary skills requires a campus-wide effort to succeed. In response to the State University of New York's announcement that information management skills be assessed system-wide, SUNY at Fredonia created an information literacy assessment tool, which included both pre-test and post-test components. In this article, the collaborative process used to implement the assessment tool and the resulting data are explored. The positives and negatives associated with campus-based assessment are emphasized.

Introduction

The twenty-first century brought with it a renewed interest in the assessment of general education ...

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