The Collegiate Learning Assessment
Setting Standards for Performance at a College or University
The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) is a measure of how much students' critical thinking improves after attending college or university. This report illustrates how institutions can set their own standards on the CLA using a method that is appropriate for the CLA's unique characteristics. The authors examined evidence of reliability and procedural validity of a standard-setting methodology that they developed and applied to the CLA. For this task, they assembled nine panels composed of faculty members from participating CLA institutions across the United States. The results of the process were promising. Overall, the three steps of the process produced similar standards for performance, although the authors observed variability across individuals, panels, and different CLA test prompts.
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- Document Number: TR-663-CAE
- Year: 2009
- Series: Technical Reports
Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Background on Standard Setting
Chapter Three
Standard-Setting Study Method
Chapter Four
Standard-Setting Study Results
Chapter Five
Standard-Setting Study Conclusions
Chapter Six
Summary and Notes of Caution
Appendix A
Sample Performance Task Screen Shots: Crime
Appendix B
Low-, Mid-, and High-Level Crime Responses
Appendix C
Questionnaire Item and Scale Means and Standard Deviations
Appendix D
Individual and Group Standard-Setting Results
Appendix E
Sorting Results
Appendix F
Feedback Form Means and Standard Deviations
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