The Case for Common Examinations

Posted by: CarnegieConversations (64.142.34.254)
Date: 1/25/2007

In the most recent issue of Change magazine, the authors examine higher education's ongoing responsibility to tell the story of student learning with care and precision. Fulfilling this responsibility at the institutional level requires ongoing deliberations among colleagues and stakeholders about the specific learning goals we seek and the broad educational purposes we espouse. What will motivate such discussions?

In this month's Carnegie Perspectives, Lloyd Bond makes a strong case for the use of common examinations as a powerful form of assessment as well as a fruitful context for faculty deliberations about their goals for students. Using an institutional example from the Carnegie/Hewlett project on strengthening teaching and learning at community colleges, Lloyd describes a particular example of this principle and how it supports faculty communication and student learning.

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	Subject			Written By			Posted
	The Case for Common Examinations			CarnegieConversations			1/25/2007
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	· Common examinations and faculty buy-in			Richard Hake			2/8/2007
	· This is fine. However....			Bill Barrett			1/27/2007
	· Re: This is fine. However....			Sonja Andrus			2/8/2007
	· Everyone should not run the same race			Stacy DeZutter			1/28/2007
	· Common vs Standardized			Charlie McDowell			1/29/2007
	· Running the same race			Walter Wagor			1/30/2007
	· History and the same race			Mills Kelly			1/30/2007
	· Common Examinations			Robert Harmon			2/1/2007
	· On Examinations			Todd Lundberg			2/7/2007