RUME 26
2024
Omaha, Nebraska
Implementing Active Assessment: Stories From an Instructor Learning Community
Page: 1441
This poster will focus on challenges and benefits that have appeared in the first year of implementing active assessment. Active assessment is a term we use to describe assessment strategies grounded in the values and practices of active learning, including attention to equity. The authors are members of a community of practice that is part of a larger project which explores instructor and student perspectives on active assessment. We will share stories about instructor motivation as well as initial and in-progress thoughts on the implementation of active assessment, specifically keeping in mind ways that active assessments may be more or less equitable than timed, independent, written exams. We use these stories from our practice to frame some of our ongoing questions related to equity and the challenges and benefits of active assessment.