This usually involves separating the role of evaluator from that of instructor. Student papers and portfolios and performance on embedded questions are independently evaluated by more than one faculty member, at least one of whom is not an instructor in the course from which the material came. In some units, a separate outcomes assessment committee or undergraduate curriculum committee is responsible for these evaluations. The examples that follow illustrate the general types of methods that are used and various ways of establishing validity. The table lists all the methods reported by each unit since 1989-90 and indicates which ones are currently used.
Details are in the individual unit summaries .
Embedded testing Questions intended to assess outcomes goals are incorporated into exams or other assignments. Student performance on these items is evaluated as part of outcomes assessment. It is also graded by the instructor as part of the course, assuring good effort by the students without the burden of extra assessment-specific requirements. The students have not seen these passages before. The translations are evaluated by at least two faculty members, one of whom is the course instructor.