The Electrical and Chemical Engineering departments followed. Assessments being done within the classroom had an effect on the ongoing departmental assessment plans, and the lessons learned in implementing these plans were used for developing schoolwide assessments. Today, the assessment program develops vigorously toward institutionalization. To this end, we routinely conduct a number of schoolwide assessments. The content, scope and results of assessment at Cooper can be seen in Table 1, pages 22-23 .
Assessment can be a powerful and effective communication tool.
Indeed it has been critical in order to build faculty trust and support for the process. Although there is still work to do in terms of embedding assessment in the classroom and making it effective as a learning-driver strategy, the results are very encouraging. Moreover, most instructors are using the assessment results to change the format and content of their courses. In summary, many changes in the classroom are under way and are visible. We expect to continue doing assessment beyond the experimentation stage, and to assess additional courses.