Graduate Attributes and Performance Measures: Refinements in Assessing Programs

摘要

In this poster, the author provides a pictorial demonstration of the elements associated with assessment and its relationship to the newly developed requirements by accrediting bodies in various countries. Specifically, it illustrates expected attributes of program graduates and it highlights the importance of performance measures when assessing learning outcomes of a program. The poster shows forms of assessment and it provides definitions and examples of program mission, goals, and learning outcomes, performance indicators, performance measures, and the use of rubrics. The poster highlights the interaction of all these assessment characteristics.