Assessment Advisory COUNCIL
The current Assessment Advisory Council Charge is:
This body is charged with advising the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs regarding procedures and practices of assessment across the campus. The Provost has charged every member with reporting back to their constituents on current JMU assessment practice and policy.
The AAC should periodically:
- Review the procedures and processes pertaining to first year and late sophomore/early junior assessment days;
- Review the procedures and processes pertaining to assessment in majors and minors;
- Review the procedures and processes pertaining to assessment in student affairs;
- Review the procedures and processes pertaining to assessment in library and educational technologies;
- Review the reporting of assessment data to students;
- Review external reporting (e.g. SCHEV) of assessment data off-campus;
- Suggest ways for better use of assessment data in APR, accreditation, C&I processes;
- Review implementation of competency requirements for on-campus applications such as General Education and for off-campus such as for community college articulation agreements;
- Suggest ways for better display of JMU program learning objectives, description of assessment instruments, results, and reported uses of results;
- Offer general recommendations regarding improvements to campus assessment practice.
Assessment Advisory Council
2011 – 2012
Chair: Dr. Herb Amato
Associate Dean, University Studies
Council Members listing can be found here.
All meetings usually take place the third Friday of the month.
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