Building & Sustaining a Culture of Assessment The challenge When HLC accreditors visited The University of Findlay, they recommended a more cohesive approach to university- wide assessment. The HLC visit also gave impetus to a planned reform of Findlay’s General Education program. Throughout the following three years, the University defined student learning outcomes at the program level and began a curriculum assessment initiative. Associate Professor Christine Denecker, Ph.D., advocated handling assessment data through Findlay’s learning management system, but much of the data was still submitted on paper. In addition, “The College of Education was eager for a new tool,” said Denecker. The college tried two leading assessment software packages but found them cumbersome.

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