PORTFOLIO WRITING AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: MULTIPLE LEVELS OF ASSESSMENT

Joanna FulbrightJeremy NicholsonChris Lorch

Ozarka College, Melbourne, Arkansas

Based on a process created by the Des Moines Area Community College System

Session Description

-create opportunity among +students, +full-time English faculty, +adjunct English faculty and +other department faculty for the critical conversations where deep assessment takes place.

This session will describe how two simple, straightforward yearly writing assessments at one community college with sites at multiple locations can -capture data at multiple levels, -address most General Education Outcomes and

Semester Begins

Students Write

Compile Portfolio

Random Selection

Meet: Calibration

Meet: Scoring

Meet: Discuss

Data

Meet: Make Changes

The Portfolio:A Circle of Assessment