Requirement for the
Brief
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1. We identify the author(s) of the document.
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| 2. We provide evidence that faculty approved the document.
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| 3. We give an account of the history of the program and its
place within the institution. |
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| 4. We provide demographics of program faculty and students,
broken out by year, by “bundled”
programs, and other factors |
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| 5. We state our claims explicitly. |
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| 6. We address all components of QPI (1.1–1.3):
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We address all subcomponents of QPI:
·learning
to learn (1.1–1.3)
·technology
(1.1–1.3)
·multicultural
perspectives (1.1–1.3)
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Claims are consistent with other program documents
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7. In the rationale, we link our assessments with
·claims,
·TEAC goal, and
·program requirements. |
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| 8. We describe the overall design of our assessments, including
sampling, controls (if applicable), goodness of fit. |
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| 9. We provide at least two measures for each claim. |
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| 10. Every measure includes reliability and validity information.
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| 11. Our findings are related to every claim, and we offer
a conclusion for each claim, explaining how our evidence supports
the claim. |
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| 12. We describe how we have recently used evidence in making
program decisions, improvements, and changes. |
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| 13. We provide a plan for making decisions concerning program
improvement based on evidence. |
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| 14. We meet the conditions of the internal audit: a model
of the QCS that addresses 4.1–4.7;
and a report approved by faculty. |
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| 15. Our QCS includes a plan for researching links between
student learning and
4.1–4.7. |
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| 16. We provide an appendix that describes faculty qualifications.
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| 17. We provide an appendix that describes our program requirements.
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| 18. We make a case for institutional commitment to the program.
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| 19. We make a case for sufficient capacity to offer a quality
program (4.1–4.7).
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| 20. We list all evidence (related to accreditation) available
to the program. |
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Program should review this checklist with each draft during formative
evaluation. After the Brief has been declared auditable, the program
submits a final version of this checklist with the final version
of Brief.
PDF of checklist
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