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Validating the Effectiveness of a Locally Developed Assurance of Learning Assessment

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Title: Validating the Effectiveness of a Locally Developed Assurance of Learning Assessment
Language: English
Authors: Wray, Barry, Glew, David, Burrus, Robert, Hill, Stephen, Schuhmann, Peter
Source: Journal of Education for Business. 2020 95(4):216-226.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 11
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Business Schools, College Outcomes Assessment, Core Curriculum, Student Evaluation, Test Validity, Grades (Scholastic), Capstone Experiences, College Students, Predictive Validity
DOI: 10.1080/08832323.2019.1635976
ISSN: 0883-2323
Abstract: Standards for accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business emphasize the assessment of student learning as an avenue to continuously improve business school curricula. The study reported here, which took place in an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited business school in a mid-sized regional university in the southeastern United States, is an in-depth review of an internally created assurance of learning assessment instrument designed to directly measure student learning across a set of core courses. Results of the study indicate that facets of the assessment are significantly related to students' grades in their previous core courses as well as to their performance in a later capstone course. This suggests that carefully developed, internally crafted assessments may be valid means to assess student learning.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2020
Accession Number: EJ1249901
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Standards for accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business emphasize the assessment of student learning as an avenue to continuously improve business school curricula. The study reported here, which took place in an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited business school in a mid-sized regional university in the southeastern United States, is an in-depth review of an internally created assurance of learning assessment instrument designed to directly measure student learning across a set of core courses. Results of the study indicate that facets of the assessment are significantly related to students' grades in their previous core courses as well as to their performance in a later capstone course. This suggests that carefully developed, internally crafted assessments may be valid means to assess student learning.
ISSN:0883-2323
DOI:10.1080/08832323.2019.1635976