Advanced Programs Key Assessments

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Advanced Program Key Assessments

Review the Advanced Programs Key Assessment course alignment table.

• Key assessments and the culminating student portfolio are scored using the Common Capstone Rubric.
• Individual key assessments are scored by the instructor of the course on the identified criteria to which they are aligned using the Common Capstone Rubric AND the Literacy components of the rubric.
• Culminating student portfolios containing the artifacts a student has amassed over the course of the program are scored by the disciplinary team of full-time faculty using the entire Common Capstone Rubric AND the components of the Dimensions of Literacy section of the rubric.

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Key Assessment Alignments by Program Area

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Procedure for each associated course:

• Instructors direct students to submit the key assessment in two places:
  • In Blackboard, per usual, for the purposes of providing a grade and feedback (for a course grade).
  • In the student’s individual Portfolio. Students upload the artifact in their portfolio and submit the document to be scored by their instructor (for CAEP-related Key Assessment score). Step-by-step instructions can be found here.
• Instructors login to their Anthology account and access the student submissions from their dashboard.
• Instructors score each key assessment submission on the aligned criteria AND the Literacy components in Anthology using the rubric associated with the submission. For those criteria on the Common Capstone Rubric are not aligned with the artifact, enter a score of “N/A.”
  • For example: LITE 508 requires students submit an Informatics Research assignment as a key assessment. The assignment is aligned with Common Capstone Rubric criteria RA1.1.A, RA.1.1.B, and RA1.1.C. The LITE 508 instructor will access the student submission from their Anthology dashboard and score it on these three criteria, select N/A for criteria RA1.1.D, RA1.1.E, and RA1.1.F, and score the artifact on both components of the Dimensions of Literacy section.

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Procedure for each graduating student:

• Students set to graduate upon completion of the current semester (typically, this is during a capstone course) will submit their entire Portfolio to the disciplinary team of full-time faculty.
• Disciplinary full-time faculty score the portfolio using the entire Common Capstone Rubric (RA1.1.A-F and Theoretical Knowledge), including both Dimensions of Literacy components.
• Disciplinary full-time faculty score the graduating student for the final time using the Graduate Programs Dispositions instrument (including MAT students). 
  

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The Advanced Program Review Team options are:

1. LITE Advanced Program Review Team
2. Literacy Advanced Program Review Team
3. SPED LBD Advanced Program Review Team
4. SPED MSD Advanced Program Review Team
5. IECE MAE Advanced Program Review Team
6. Gifted MAE Advanced Program Review Team
7. Gifted EdS Advanced Program Review Team
8. EDAD Advanced Program Review Team
9. MAE 0500 Advanced Program Review Team
10. Cert Only Advanced Program Review Team

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Graduate Programs Dispositions (MAE, MS, Ed.S., and MAT)

Review the Key Assessments Alignment Table Associated with your Program

• Instructors score the Graduate Programs Disposition instrument on all graduate students in the identified course.
  • Graduate Programs Disposition Instrument (PDF)
  • Graduate Programs Disposition Instrument (WORD)

Procedure:

• Instructors complete the dispositions form.
• Instructors return the completed form to students and discuss areas in which the student would benefit from growth.
• Students upload the completed form into their portfolio and submit the document to be scored again by their instructor. Step-by-step instructions can be found here.
• Instructors login to their Anthology account and access the student submissions from their dashboard.
• Instructors enter the scores on the associated Anthology rubric (the same scores as those on the form they returned to students and were uploaded into Portfolio).

Refer to the previous section for the procedure regarding graduating students. Graduating MAT students will submit their Portfolio to the appropriate Advanced Review Team for final Dispositions scores.