Best Practices in Linking Assessment and Planning

Autor/in	Aloi, Susan L.
Titel	Best Practices in Linking Assessment and Planning
Quelle	In: Assessment Update, 17 (2005) 3, S.4-6 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6099
Schlagwörter	Strategic Planning; Data Analysis; Educational Planning; Higher Education; Institutional Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Models; Staff Development; Job Performance; Expectation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Auswertung; Bildungsplanung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Analogiemodell; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Expectancy; Erwartung
Abstract	In autumn 2003, the author conducted a study of the best practices in linking assessment and strategic planning in higher education by visiting three institutions that represent models in integrating these processes. Information was gathered by interviewing faculty, staff, and administrators involved in the institutions' strategic planning or assessment processes and was supported with document review. Analysis of these data resulted in a synthesis of best practices that can be shared with assessment scholars and practitioners who are interested in a model for colleges and universities to follow in developing or modifying their own planning processes. This article presents 10 best practices in using assessment data for strategic planning. These include: (1) Maintain a mission focus; (2) Build a culture of continuous improvement; (3) Acquire or develop personnel with expertise in planning and assessment; (4) Integrate planning and assessment into existing organizational and operational structures; (5) Create expectations for planning and assessment as part of job performance; (6) Include all interested constituencies in crucial phases of planning and assessment; (7) Allow adequate time for deliberative planning and assessment; (8) Ensure that the processes and results of planning and assessment are transparent and highly visible; (9) Routinely make and explain data-driven decisions; and (10) Communicate often and through multiple channels. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10