PROGRAM ASSESSMENT – IT’S ALL THE RAGE!

Program assessment does not evaluate a specific student or faculty member, but attempts to show how the total instructional program of a department is meeting its objectives.
Uses for program assessment include showing how a program has improved the quality of its instruction over time using a variety of measurement criteria as well providing a baseline against which faculty can improve their courses vis a vis specific objectives.
This paper provides examples of objectives statements, scoring forms, representation of results, and preliminary interpretations based on 5 semesters of use at the University of Hawaii.

IV International Symposium on Horticultural Education, Extension and Training

G. Kaine, D. Beswell

program assessment, student evaluation, University of Hawaii

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.672.12