Addressing Measurement Challenges in the Use of Rubrics to Evaluate General Education Outcomes

• In Event: 29.071 - Methodological and Analytical Approaches to Strengthening Learning Outcomes Assessment Measures

Abstract

Group assessment of student work using rubrics can be an effective technique for evaluating the quality of a university’s general education program. In order to make valid inferences from the data. However, it is important that all aspects of the assessment system are working as intended. The present study will use a many-facet Rasch measurement (MFRM) approach to investigate the sources of variability in the ratings generated by faculty application of a common, analytic rubric to score course-embedded assignments. The results of the study will enable faculty to determine the extent to which these sources of variability affect student performance while also pinpointing aspects of the assessment system that need improving.

Authors

• Tracy Bartholomew, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Beth Venzke, Concordia University - Chicago

• Elizabeth Owolabi, Concordia University Chicago