How can I obtain copies of Alverno’s longitudinal studies?
You can learn more our longitudinal research in
Learning That Lasts: Integrating Learning, Development, and Performance
in College and Beyond (Mentkowski & Associates, 2000). The
research is recognized as the most compelling and extensive of its
kind and the book has received the award for Outstanding Publication
of the Year, 2000 from AERA’s Division I, Education in the
Professions. To learn more about the book or to order it, go to:
Jossey-Bass.
You might be able to get a copy of Learning That Lasts through your library or inter-library loan.
Is the Student Assessment-as-Learning
program administered through the ERE office?
Student
assessment-as-learning is led by faculty, who are members of
discipline departments and typically also ability departments. ERE’s
function is in support of faculty, including program and institutional
level assessment. This work includes aggregation of student assessment,
which occurs in the classroom and in external assessments where
students are expected to transfer and integrate their learning in new contexts.
How much support does student learning
outcomes assessment have from administration?
The student learning outcomes, teaching for them,
and their assessment are fully integrated into the curriculum, and
have been so for 30 years. Students are required to demonstrate
them in order to graduate from the College’s ability-based
curriculum, which means that students must demonstrate their disciplinary
knowledge in performance contexts. Thus, the student learning outcomes
are fundamentally supported by everyone in the college, including
the administration.
